hedonic treadmill Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/hedonic-treadmill/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:14:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 hedonic treadmill Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/hedonic-treadmill/ 32 32 150809980 Cory Richards: The Color of Everything https://clippingchains.com/2024/07/01/cory-richards/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/07/01/cory-richards/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=10120 Cory Richards shocked the world when he abruptly ended his climbing career at the foot of Dhaulagiri in 2021. He is ready to tell his story. Introduction Perhaps no one has quit their job like my guest today, Cory Richards. Richards, still a world-renowned photographer, abruptly ended his career as an elite mountaineer in April …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/07/01/cory-richards/feed/ 0 10120 The Problem with Bucket Lists and How to Be Happy with Less https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/02/the-problem-with-bucket-lists/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/02/the-problem-with-bucket-lists/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9646 It’s often said that happiness equals what you have minus (or sometimes divided by) what you want. When our wants are many, what we have is of little consequence. That is why there are hordes of unhappy millionaires and high achievers who quietly suffer (yes, suffer) under the weight of lofty and insatiable desires and …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/02/the-problem-with-bucket-lists/feed/ 4 9646 The Blue Dot Effect: Pessimism in a Beautiful World https://clippingchains.com/2023/05/08/blue-dot-effect/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/05/08/blue-dot-effect/#comments Mon, 08 May 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9441 As I’ve recently mused, financial independence won’t solve life’s problems. We will never “arrive.” We will never achieve perfection. An impactful 2018 study, nicknamed the Blue Dot Effect (a stand-in for the more lumbering “prevalence-induced concept change” title), helps us to understand the mind’s tendency toward finding problems, even where none exist. The results have …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/05/08/blue-dot-effect/feed/ 2 9441 Eudaimonia: Key Pillars of the Meaningful Life https://clippingchains.com/2022/12/05/eudaimonia/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/12/05/eudaimonia/#respond Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:26:23 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9085 Thinkers and philosophers of ancient times sorted out much in the way of living a meaningful and purposeful life. But after thousands of years of progress, material growth, and convenience, we largely fail to find meaning in our modern lives. Today we examine the philosophy of eudaimonia and how we can truly develop our sense …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/12/05/eudaimonia/feed/ 0 9085 The Happiness Curve: Beware of Expectations https://clippingchains.com/2021/07/19/the-happiness-curve-beware-of-expectations/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/07/19/the-happiness-curve-beware-of-expectations/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:33:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7450 The grass is always greener on the other side. No truer words were ever uttered. Get it? Utter? Cows? Grass? Anyway, it’s our expectations that lead us in search of new experiences, but do they always pay off? This concept of something better on the horizon has governed my existence for as long as I …

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