Why More Choices Don't Make You Happy

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We’re surrounded by choices in life, but psychologists have found that having those choices doesn’t necessarily make us happy.

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Sources:

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-16701-012
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.007
https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/resources/mini-encyclopedia-of-be/choice-overload/

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