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Dr Emily - The (pesky) Hedonistic Treadmill

The Imperfects

CHAPTER

The Benefits of Focusing on Positive Experiences

There is research to suggest that our levels of wellbeing or happiness tend to be fairly stable across the lifetime. And if you think about it, like back in Cape End Times, if you were lying in the field and watching the cloud slow by, then you are probably going to get chomped. So why bother even striving for things if this satisfaction is not going to even last very long?

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