Let’s appreciate the amazing things you have in your life.
Today’s +1: Let’s step off the treadmill.Īnother thing Maslow taught us is that the most actualized among us have “fresh appreciation” for the things others tend to take for granted. Ultimately, creating a durable sense of well-being is an inside job. Know that nothing “out there” is E V E R going to make you happy. Well, first, know that this tendency exists. So, how do we deal with this tendency to so quickly adapt and take things for granted as we sweat and get nowhere on that happiness treadmill? It’s not an obvious evil-evil but it’s an evil thing nonetheless. On a related note, Maslow told us that getting used to our blessings is one of the most “nonevil evils” out there. There you are on your treadmill, working harder and harder and not going anywhere. You get fired up about making $x per year or having a certain car or house or whatever then you get to that point and quickly adapt to it-now wanting the NEXT $X per year or house or car or whatever. The way we so easily adapt to awesome stuff is kinda like being on a treadmill. I particularly love how the authors of this 1970s paper phrased it: Eventually, the thrill of winning the lottery will itself wear off. Sonja is one of the world’s leading experts on the science of what is called “hedonic adaptation.”īasically, hedonic adaptation is a fancy phrase for our tendency to get used to good things. This is partially because of what’s become known as the hedonic treadmill, or hedonic adaptation, that annoying tendency humans have to get used to the things that once made them happy. Today, let’s hop on a treadmill with well-being researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky. In our last +1 we hopped on a treadmill with Will Smith and Smokeybot.
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