In this digital and internet age, the way we consume our entertainment and hobbies is affected by how many it was. This is true since the more choices we have clearly affected how we enjoy our shows. Study shows that when you have a limited amount of choices, you tend to enjoy that choice. However, when you have plenty of choices you tend to get unhappy every time your choice became plenty. In this blog, I will try to tell why this is the case,
Your expectations
When there are only a few amounts of choices your expectations are low. When your expectation is low, you tend to get happier with your choice since the expectation is met. An example of this is when you are choosing what to watch on television because there are only a few shows available, you tried to watch a new show you never heard before, to a surprised you liked the show and it became one of your favorite shows of all time. Another example of this is When you are choosing what ice cream to eat, When you entered an ice cream truck with few choices on them, you tend to be happier with the one ice cream your choice because of the low expectation you have. And when you have plenty of choices you tend to get unhappy with your choice because your expectation gets higher with each choice you have. Plenty of choices means the number of good things that are on the other choices will affect the happiness of the choice you have at the moment, Thus making you regret the decision you made. Having plenty of choices mean you are expecting a higher amount of good things to come and when those expectation does not meet, you became unhappy with your choice. Having a limited amount of choice will lead to you becoming happy because your expectation is low, however, having plenty of choices will lead to your expectation higher than resulting in you becoming unhappy with the choice you have when your choices doest meet the expectation.
Analysis paralysis
When you have plenty of choices in your hand, you tend to get this thing called analysis paralysis. When you have this you tend to not choose at all and it is often the worst choice to make. Having no choice is a worse choice to make because you will drift and regret anything. You regret everything you choose and will result in you became unhappy. This unchoicesesness will build over time and will affect your health and life. Your health will deteriorate and maybe, not choosing anything will give you a heart attack in the future. Analysis paralysis, in all areas, is pretty bad and you should be careful when you encounter this thing.
Everything has good sides and bad sides on them
Whether you are choosing anything, everything has good sides and bad sides. An example of this is when you are choosing what cars to buy. The other car is a super luxurious Ferrari however it is super expensive and hard to maintain. On the other hand, the other car Toyota or something is super simple however cheap and easy to maintenance. There is both good and bad side to the two choices. Your choice doesn't matter because of the fact that they have the good and bad side of the choices.
At the end of the day, having plenty of choices is really bad since your expectations are high which results in you having an analysis paralysis on the process. And having few amounts of choice will make you happy because all things have a good and a bad side to them.
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