Ep. 208: To Fight Clutter, Beware the “Endowment Effect”
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
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The Importance of Having a Good Collection
A lot of times the freeness of something or if something's a really good deal, that can make you reach out for things that you wouldn't otherwise take and then you own them. The other thing is when you kind of start accidentally stockpiling and this is when this is a very frustrating category of things. These are things where if you keep them, they start piling up and they're useful, but you can't use them. But only in small amounts, like you only need so many rubber bands. 30 is probably plenty. 10 is probably enough. 5 might be enough.
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