Adding another two of the things that get through the years with me this month.
You know that anything new that brings us happiness will eventually adapt to a new normal, and it will slowly become our new regular, losing its spark. A book said it takes exactly 87 days for a honeymoon period to come to an end.
It’s called “hedonic adaptation.”
Anything that initially brings you joy tends to lose its appeal after 12 weeks. The brain treats your new possessions/ habits/new life like expired milk.
The funny thing is, it’s only applicable for positive things.
A negative experience can last for years. Trauma, destructive and painful experiences, doesn’t have an expiry date. We carry that all through the years and can still remember it fresh, no matter how much time has passed.
In such a situation, nothing and no one really makes anyone happy. So what does?
Finding novelty in consistency.
The same thing that you treat as something new, periodically, regularly, over and over again.
Surviving,
Taking care of,
Keep maintaining the excitement,
For the same things over long years, that’s the brain job.
It requires thinking, not (just) feeling.
Happy 15th anniversary, you two❤️❤️.
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