What part does choice play in happiness?

What part does choice play in happiness?

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One of the things that happens when you have to many choices is that it's an invitation to be a bit perfectionistic because it's a sense of entitlement and a sense that we should be able to do everything. So, again your expectations are way to high and especially if you have perfectionism in that equation. It often sets up what they call the three p's, perfectionism leads to procrastination, which leads to paralysis. So you can't do it all perfectly, you don't want to take the risk to start it because you're not going to be able to it well enough and you just sit stuck and still and you don't do anything which makes you feel awful and that makes it even more difficult to take a little step, feel a sense of accomplishment there and then use that to take another step. So instead of being inertia of motion which helps you keep moving and flowing toward wherever you want to go it feels like your inertia of rest takes over and you're paralyzed and that feels awful.