Baseline Happiness

Today, I learned a little bit about the science of happiness.

A study measuring happiness across a wide variety of people found that lottery winners have a short period of extreme happiness and then settle back towards their baseline.

It also found that amputees have a period of sadness and also iterated back towards their baseline happiness.

It’s as easy to be happy during good times as it is to be sullen in bad times.

So instead of focusing on the circumstances, focus on the baseline.

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