Have you ever noticed that as some things in life get better or worse, your overall happiness doesn't change much? Well, you're not alone. It might just be the hedonic treadmill.

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Hedonic treadmill on Wikipedia

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki

Wait But Why's Life is a Picture article

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Quartz's Prescribing Play to Kids article

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Principles: Life and Work, by Ray Dalio

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Timestamps:

0:04:25 - Happiness, being grateful and living in the moment

0:23:34 - Replacing annoying activities with fulfilling ones

0:29:01 - Harmful habits that you may think are increasing your happiness

0:31:15 - Sponsor: Hover (Buying a domain name)

0:33:59 - Sponsor: Todoist (Managing your tasks)

0:36:05 - Valuing the limited time you have and using some of it to have fun

0:49:11 - Taking big breaks every once in a while

0:52:30 - Recap and conclusion

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