Lottery winners are happier and people put in wheelchairs are sadder—but not for very long. After a few months, they return to whatever level of happiness they were at before.
Like a rocking chair that levels out when you get off it, people seem to have a set point of happiness that they return to whatever life throws at them.
Like a rocking chair that levels out when you get off it, people seem to have a set point of happiness that they return to whatever life throws at them.
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