Clearly I cannot afford this but I still want to test the
longevity/sustainability of this decision - that USD 500 is enough.
Can you convince yourself that you receive 500 dollars worth of health,
motivation and resilience benefits to withstand 180 seconds of 12-15
centigrade water every. Single.
Almost (?) the same thing, but I actually pay for the privilege of cold
soaks in Japanese/Korean spa centres. Quite tempted to save myself some
money by procuring a large enough receptacle in which I can sit, that can
be filled with ice water.
Jules
On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 17:18, Huda Masood via S
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 22:17, Huda Masood wrote:
> Can you convince yourself that you receive 500 dollars worth of health,
> motivation and resilience benefits to withstand 180 seconds of 12-15
> centigrade water every. Single. Day. for a week?
>
Could I? Certainly. But I've looked into the pur
“I'm glad it's working for you - how much money would it take to get you to
go to the gym and do strength training three times a week? :)”
I boulder 3x a week and do weight training twice a week and flexibility
once a week. My cardio suffers but I intend to swim to rectify that :)
Same - I wouldn
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I would definitely do this for USD $500/day. For one, I am convinced
that it's in the realm of things that I (and most people) would get
used to quickly enough for the unpleasant aspects to fade to
tolerability or even pleasure. Also, I may have some minor masochistic
tendencies... but not enough o
One other way that economics (and specifically behavioural economics) has
changed my way of looking at the world is that I'm now more aware of my
own paradoxical behaviours. Like the endowment effect and the sunk cost
fallacy. I have also found one tool to be particularly valuable and that's
the n
I'm definitely influenced by the endowment effect when it comes to hoarding
books on my shelf and there is definitely loss aversion in this context.
I'm wondering if the sunk cost fallacy explains why I cling on to my place
even though it's costing me an arm and a leg to retain it although there
ar
Hearing this makes me want to take more extreme opinions around you.
On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 12:44 +1300, Charles Haynes wrote:
> One other way that economics (and specifically behavioural economics)
> has changed my way of looking at the world is that I'm now more
> aware of my own paradoxical b
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