That promotion, relationship, or achievement you’re grinding toward?
Your brain adapts to it in 3–6 months, then resets your happiness to baseline.
You’re literally designed to never feel satisfied for long. 😅
⚠️ How to Know It’s Happening
You crushed a goal and now you’re already stressing about the next one. The goalposts keep moving and nothing ever feels like enough.
🧩 The Counter-Strategy
Stop chasing “permanent happiness”…
Instead, build systems that create small, consistent wins every day.
Design your loops to be inherently satisfying, not just steps to a reward.
👉 The journey is the game, not the cutscene at the end.
✅ Action Checklist
🔹 Identify one daily activity you genuinely enjoy
(not for a future payoff)
🔹 Schedule it into your routine like a non-negotiable quest
🔹 Track how you feel during the process, not just after
🔹 Create one micro-win every morning before noon
💭 Questions to Ask Yourself
🔹 What did I love doing as a kid before I cared about outcomes?
🔹 Which parts of my current goals do I actually enjoy vs. just tolerate?
🔹 If no one ever knew about my achievements… what would I still do?
💡 Happiness isn’t a final boss, it’s the XP you gain from playing daily.
Game in the Real World…
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