I used to think that when I made $10/hour I would be happy. I now make almost twice that and think if I made a bit more I would be even happier.
Life is a treadmill and it seems no matter where you fall in any continuum there are people far worse and far better off than you, and you probably wish you were doing better no matter where you are in that continuum, but you are probably fairly happy if that is your bent. This is, of course, assuming that you have met the first two levels on Maslow's hierarchy of needs!
The treadmill is called the Hedonic Treadmill"
Life is a treadmill and it seems no matter where you fall in any continuum there are people far worse and far better off than you, and you probably wish you were doing better no matter where you are in that continuum, but you are probably fairly happy if that is your bent. This is, of course, assuming that you have met the first two levels on Maslow's hierarchy of needs!
The treadmill is called the Hedonic Treadmill"
Quote:The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the supposed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes.[1] According to this theory, as a person makes more money, expectations and desires rise in tandem, which results in no permanent gain in happiness.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill
