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Choiceology is a show about the psychology and economics behind people's decisions.
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I had to kind of say no to myself last night.
I get in a mood when I come home from traveling where I'm like, okay, time for more home improvement.
I was saying to my partner, like, I think we should paint this wall.
I think we should paint this wall.
Should we redo the whole bedroom?
And I was like, you know what, I'm going to do this.
No, I just think I'll just go to bed.
But you know what?
It's interesting.
You've tapped into something there.
You've demonstrated you were in a way on a little mini retreat away from your space.
You come back and you can see with clarity a few things.
But as you said, you did yourself the favor of thinking, actually, I don't have the energy ultimately.
I'm just going to put that idea on pause and go to bed.
Hey, it's Marielle Segata.
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