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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 6 MIN

the sunken cost fallacy is actually painful af for INFPs

from Geek Psychology: Play Life Better

If you’re an INFP, you know the feeling of putting all of your heart, your values, and your time into a project, a job, or a relationship. Then, when it’s clearly not working, the thought of quitting feels like betrayal.It feels like we're failing a part of ourselves.That's the Sunken Cost Fallacy. We sacrifice our future self because we don't want to admit our past self was wrong. We confuse our identity (tied to our Soul - Fi) with the time we invested.It keeps us stuck in dead ends, feeling guilty, and unable to pivot.But what if that time wasn't wasted? What if you could stop beating yourself up about quitting?In this video, I break down the exact mindset shift I needed to stop letting past effort control my future.As I put it in the video: "i've learned skills that i've needed to level up into the next level of my life because i went through that stuff."

If you’re an INFP, you know the feeling of putting all of your heart, your values, and your time into a project, a job, or a relationship. Then, when it’s clearly not working, the thought of quitting feels like betrayal.It feels like we're failing a part of ourselves.That's the Sunken Cost Fallacy. We sacrifice our future self because we don't want to admit our past self was wrong. We confuse our identity (tied to our Soul - Fi) with the time we invested.It keeps us stuck in dead ends, feeling guilty, and unable to pivot.But what if that time wasn't wasted? What if you could stop beating yourself up about quitting?In this video, I break down the exact mindset shift I needed to stop letting past effort control my future.As I put it in the video: "i've learned skills that i've needed to level up into the next level of my life because i went through that stuff."

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