The Paradox of Choice: How More Options Are Making You Miserable (And How to Fix It)

Get Clear on What You Want and Commit to it

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We’re spoilt for choice in today’s world.

Wanna date? Download a dating app and meet potential mates wherever you want.

Wanna watch a movie? Go on Netflix and browse their catalog

Hungry? See every restaurant in your city on a delivery app of your choice.

All these different options were supposed to make you (and I) better off as a species…

… But that’s not quite what happened.

More options have made us worse off.

They’ve made it harder to make a decision.

It causes paralysis, which results in procrastination about important decisions.

When we make a decision, we’re left questioning whether it was optimal.

I’ve struggled with this for a long time…

10 years, it kept me single (or 5 — depending on who you ask).

I’d meet someone and question whether I’ve settled.

It wasn’t until I got clear about what I wanted and committed to making it happen that I was set free from the chains of “too much choice.”