![]() So when I heard that a psychology professor at the University of Miami might have discovered some methods for getting off the treadmill, I had to know more. It doesn't just apply to material wealth, but that's where it's most obvious: in Britain, we're three times richer than we were in 1950, but barely any happier. This is the "hedonic treadmill", and we all seem to be trapped on it. But then the new thing loses its shine and you revert to your earlier, less happy state. ![]() You want something because you think it'll make you happy, and maybe it does, briefly. 'Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities," Aldous Huxley wrote, and I like to imagine the thought occurring to him as he sat at the wheel of his Lexus - the one with the in-car DVD player he was so excited about when he got it six months earlier. ![]()
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