Are We Predicting Our Future Feelings?

When we try and forecast whether something's going to make us happy or unhappy, we're actually thinking about the thing. We're ruminating on it in the present. Some of the studies show that the biggest impact on your happiness is during the news part - like when you first learn you get to go to venice. Morein the anticipation, also, more than the concern of the consumption or the recall, the recollection of it.