RE: How Struggle Makes You Happy
This is a fascinating concept. My take-away is that joy from experiences is a function of contrast.
For example...I took a shower this morning, and I can't remember anything about it. On the other hand, I remember the best shower I ever had...it was after 2 months of taking horrible showers.
Ironically, my "best shower" probably wasn't even as good as the shower I took this morning, but was nevertheless better due to the circumstances, and therefore more memorable.
How do you parse out happiness as something one gets from experiences, vs. happiness as a state of being?
Interestingly, I think these concepts intersect. For example, when I think about that amazing shower I had, it brings me a little bit of happiness. It is happiness I can access whenever I feel like it.
They say that's why experiences provide a better "happiness ROI" than things one buys, because they serve as a long-term source of happiness that can be accessed whenever one feels like it.
Thanks MoneyMan...keep the brainbows shining!
The brainbows are strong in the Steemverse.
Having access to happy memories is important. We live in the past, present, and future. Having a memory bank full of good memories is nice.
Someone may say, "Well, I don't have that many good memories."
This makes me think that happiness is a state of mind. A happy person will train themselves to pull good memories from anywhere. You posed a good example. Your good memory just came from one shower.