Our intuition, our minds, are playing tricks on us and making us think things that are just false.  In fact, what we think makes us happy, just doesn’t.  Now what?

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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2 minutes a day,  through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life. 

I'm your host Katie Jefcoat and our intuition, our minds, are playing tricks on us and making us think things that are just false.  We see this with allegra problems, vision exercises - which table is longer - on social media.  We think it’s one thing, but the fact is, it’s definitely the other, full stop.  

This also happens with things we can’t personally quantify, but the scientists have the data to support.  

You think that if you walk out of your house and get hit by a car, you will be unhappy for the rest of your life.  But that’s just not true.  

You think that if you are in school and you get better grades than you expect, you will be happier.  

You think that if you win the lottery, all of your worries will disappear and you will be the happiest ever.  But all of this is just not true.  It’s not how happiness works.  The data says, you will go back to baseline.  

This is fascinating because we can see how our brains trick us into choosing material items or goals that are just wrong.  We think the bad thing will be so much worse than it is, and we think the good thing, winning the lottery, will be so much better than it is.  We humans always get it wrong - almost all of the time. 

Having the perfect body won't actually make you happier.  Even if you think it will.  The data just doesn’t support this.   These are our intuitions that are so strong, but are just false.  

Most of the goals that we think will make us happy don’t really make us as happy as we think it will.   Tomorrow, we are going to talk about what goals we should be setting that will increase our happiness. 

Until next time, join us over on social @everydayhappinesswithkatie and let’s keep the conversation going. 

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