Hey neighbor. Oh, hey Sam. I noticed on my ride I was up the hill behind your place that your rain gutters are pretty clogged up. You might want to have those looked at.

Thanks, you know, we've never really had a problem with them and I don't know. I'm not really sure I want to get up on the roof

But I appreciate it. So yourself just thought you might want to know. Okay. Have a good one. Okay. See ya

Hi again. Hey Sam. I tried to get a better look from up the hill this morning. Those gutters of yours are looking really clogged with leaves. I know a guy who will clear them all out for a couple

hundred bucks. Do you want his number?

You know, money's a bit tight right now and in all the years we've been here we've never had a problem with the rain gutters so yeah I'll pass but but thanks again I appreciate it

Okay, I'll quit bugging you

Hey honey there's water coming in through the ceiling. I don't know. Call the repair company, quick. So, let's see, with the new drywall, carpet and trim and the painting that'll come to

ten thousand and five hundred500 plus tax.

Have you ever faced a situation like this?

Where there's something unpleasant you should probably deal with,

but you just park it in the back of your mind,

hoping the problem will go away.

Today on the show, we look at research on this very human tendency to ignore some information.

We'll also talk about why you might ignore that information,

even if it could be valuable to know for your finances,

I really don't want to look at my credit card statement.

Your home,

There's water coming in through the ceiling.

Or your health.

Every single step with searing sharp pain.

I'm Dr. Katie Milkman and this is Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab.

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