Throughout our lives there will inevitably be goals that we would like to achieve, either in work, in hobbies, in school or in relationships. The list goes on and on. What if someone told you that no matter how many of your goals you achieve, that will never bring you true happiness. That idea is exactly what we are talking about today, and it's called the arrival fallacy. 

 

Psychologists all over the world have done study after study measuring the happiness that was or wasn’t achieved from goals and successes and all of them seem to say the same thing. The happiness that came from achieving said goals was fleeting and only lasted a short amount of time relative to the amount that it took to get there. 

 

You might be expecting someone to say that the real happiness is in the journey and not the destination, however you would be incorrect. Others might suggest we do nothing if the success of achieving said goal doesn’t bring any happiness either. Regardless of what you think will achieve or bring happiness it's typically more complicated that if just than.