The Science Of Happiness: Why We Pursue The Wrong Things
Over the years I’ve worked with many patients who “worked their butt off” for decades at their jobs in order to stop working in their 60’s and enjoy retirement. They tell me they’ve put in their time, saved up enough, had their retirement party, and walked away from work with the biggest smiles.
Fast forward a year and their bucket list is complete but they’re in rehab because the retired life they worked so hard for turned out to be mostly spent deepening the butt crease in the recliner. Their mind and body suffered as a result and now their retirement is “ruined.” They watch TV show after show contemplating why they worked so hard the past 45 years to now be working on basic life skills in therapy like being able to get dressed and walk without help.
It happens again and again. They’re always so far from being the happy people they imagined. Buy why?
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