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The Unhappy Millionaire ICYMI
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
The Importance of Hedonic Adaptation
Hedonic adaptation means that after a while, we tend to go back to a baseline level of emotional satisfaction. The good and bad events don't move us up or down for as long as we think. People mistakenly think happiness is a place that if they could get to it, they could build a house and live there their entire lives. Happily ever after is only true if you have three minutes to live.
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