![]() Dostoevsky knew all about hedonic adaptation. What’s happened? Well, we’ve simply adapted to the increase in our income. ![]() ![]() If we don’t get it, our current income that caused great happiness just 12 months earlier now is a source of pain and anger. Fast forward another year, and we expect another raise. It’s fun to tell close friends and family about the raise.īut after a few weeks or months, we adjust to our new income level. Hopefully, we increase our 401(k) contributions. It is a fancy term for a simple concept– while in the short term good and bad things that happen in our lives raise or lower our level of happiness, but over time we return to a constant state of happiness.įor instance, when we get a raise, we’re excited at first. This brings me back to hedonic adaptation. Can you imagine going over to a friend’s house today to watch the Super Bowl on a 19″ TV? When I was a kid, I was thrilled with the 19″ color TV we had at the time. We are hardwired to constantly want more. That’s one of the hardest questions to answer.
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