Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is that for some treats, you can maximize
Speaker 1: enjoyment by limiting exposure to just one a day or
Speaker 1: maybe one a week, depending on the treat. A little
Speaker 1: forced rationing can keep the heart fonder for longer. By now,
Speaker 1: you would have had to been living under a rock
Speaker 1: not to have heard of Wardle. The Wheel of Fortune
Speaker 1: like game created by software engineer Josh Wardle. Basically, you
Speaker 1: have six tries to guess a five letter word, with
Speaker 1: hints after each try, letting you know which letters you
Speaker 1: got in the right place and which letters you chose
Speaker 1: correctly but put in the wrong place. There are many
Speaker 1: reasons people enjoy the game. It feels challenging and success
Speaker 1: isn't guaranteed, but you will be able to solve the
Speaker 1: puzzle more often than not. Plus it's quick. As the
Speaker 1: developer explained to The New York Times, it's something that
Speaker 1: encourages you to spend three minutes a day and that's it. Like,
Speaker 1: it doesn't want any more of your time than that.
Speaker 1: But here's the real kicker. Once you have taken the
Speaker 1: three minutes to complete one wordle, you are done for
Speaker 1: the day. You can't do another until tomorrow. You have
Speaker 1: to wait until a new wordle is released. This is
Speaker 1: a brilliant idea. Forced scarcity increases delight. If you could
Speaker 1: binge on wordles, you would get sick of them, or
Speaker 1: you would find yourself regretting spending an hour on wordles
Speaker 1: instead of preparing for a big meeting tomorrow. But you
Speaker 1: can't over consume. You can enjoy one a day and
Speaker 1: then look forward to another tomorrow. Row. I am pretty
Speaker 1: sure this has kept a great many people's interest in
Speaker 1: the game far longer than they have stuck with numerous
Speaker 1: other pop culture phenomena. Yes, it will blow over all
Speaker 1: things do, but it has stayed popular with many people
Speaker 1: for quite a while. You could use that same insight
Speaker 1: to maximize your enjoyment of other treats. For instance, you
Speaker 1: could pack one piece of chocolate in your lunch every day.
Speaker 1: If you want a little something sweet after you eat
Speaker 1: your lunch, add just one little chocolate to your lunch bag.
Speaker 1: You'll have enough to end the meal pleasantly. But if
Speaker 1: you have only one chocolate with you, it's pretty hard
Speaker 1: to overindulge. You could and probably should, always limit yourself
Speaker 1: to one drink at any social occasion, choose a special one,
Speaker 1: enjoy it, but then there's no risk of consuming more
Speaker 1: than you meant to and saying something silly or having
Speaker 1: to get a ride home. You could log onto social
Speaker 1: media once a day for fifteen to twenty minutes and
Speaker 1: then be done. You could watch just one episode of
Speaker 1: a TV show at night. You could have a big,
Speaker 1: rich dessert on Saturdays and then not do desserts the
Speaker 1: rest of the week. When you know you will indulge
Speaker 1: in just one of whatever your treat is, or indulge
Speaker 1: in it just one day of the week, you avoid
Speaker 1: the risks of over indulgence. You save yourself from needing
Speaker 1: to exercise judgment or self control because you decided once
Speaker 1: and for all that one is your limit. Plus you
Speaker 1: will probably keep your enjoyment of your treat far longer.
Speaker 1: We get used to pretty much everything in life, but
Speaker 1: a little rationing pushes forward that day when the treat
Speaker 1: no longer makes us feel quite so excited. And since
Speaker 1: small doses of repeated happiness tend to make life happier
Speaker 1: than one big dose anything, you can do to stretch
Speaker 1: out the joy is probably wise. In the meantime, this
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear
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