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It's the promise of something better -- just about to arrive -- that has the biggest impact on happiness. Seriously. "We're going to have a baby!" "I just got
by GCA10 11y ago
It's the promise of something better -- just about to arrive -- that has the biggest impact on happiness. Seriously.
"We're going to have a baby!"
"I just got engaged."
"We just hired this great engineer."
"We're going to Hawaii for Christmas."
I could go on, but you get the point. Once you've had Google's free food and other perks for a while, they become baseline. They're just part of what's normal.
- avn2109 11y agoBeats me why you're getting downvoted. Hedonic adaptation is totally a thing. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill
- hkmurakami 11y agoThis is absolutely true. The promise of a big purchase (the anticipation) makes people way more happy than the purchase itself and even being able to enjoy the fruits of the purchase.