#hedonic-adaptation tag

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: Hitting a $100 Billion Valuation 'Became the Saddest Day of My Life'

We go public, we have a $100 billion valuation. It's like one of the best days of my life. And the next day I wake up, I put on sweatpants, I go on a Zoom meeting. It was like it never happened. And it became the saddest day of my life because I realized, okay, what now? I got all this adulation and I don't feel any different.

Retirement

Mindfulness

fromPsychology Today

1 month ago

The Hidden Cost of Success

Success can lead to self-abandonment when internal signals are overridden, resulting in a disconnection from oneself despite external achievements.

Dining

fromSilicon Canals

1 month ago

People who can't enjoy a meal without silently critiquing the plating aren't refined - they've replaced the ability to experience pleasure with the compulsion to assess quality - Silicon Canals

Excessive critical analysis of food diminishes the pleasure of eating by interrupting emotional engagement and presence with the experience.

Psychology

fromSilicon Canals

3 months ago

Why some high earners stay broke: it's not about income, it's about discipline - Silicon Canals

High earners often overspend due to lifestyle creep and hedonic adaptation, causing six-figure salaries to vanish and resulting in debt and financial instability.

fromPsychology Today

4 months ago

The Conrad Fisher Effect

It started out as any of my typical elliptical exercise sessions begin. I had just ended one show and was looking for something to pass the time. I had remembered the pretty shimmery underwater cover image for The Summer I Turned Pretty along with the gentle chime of the introductory music. Having loved young adult author Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved trilogy of films, I was intrigued to immerse myself in another one of her teen romantic dramas.

Television

Psychology

fromPsychology Today

6 months ago

The Gratitude Paradox: Finding Joy in Going Without

Temporary, intentional deprivation reveals appreciation and boosts gratitude by interrupting hedonic adaptation, activating reward circuits, and renewing joy in everyday sensations.

#happiness

fromPsychology Today

7 months ago