Posts Tagged “happiness”

Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill Part 2: The “Scale Treadmill”

by adam on July 11, 2009

In my initial post on Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill I discussed the concept of Adaptation Level Theory and how happiness for all effective purposes is a relative, not an absolute measure of well-being and satisfaction.
Well, as it turns out, how [...]

Hacking The Hedonic Treadmill

by adam on May 24, 2009

If you’re like me, you spend most waking hours pursuing things like (money, relationships, material possessions, ice cream) that you feel will maximize your personal happiness. You may view happiness as a step chart, each new conquest providing a [...]