hedonic Treadmill


Question: Why are the higher the income of a person, it increasingly degrade the role of money in the form of happiness? Studies in psychology financial science to find the answer, which became known as the "hedonic treadmill".

Simply put, this hedonic treadmill adl like this: when the salary of 5 million, it was exhausted. When your salary increase of 30 million per month, eh juga.Kenapa all exhausted so? N Krn your lifestyle expectations definitely go up, in line dg rise penghasilanmu.Dengan other words, deceiving For buying materials / luxury goods will continue to rise in line dg increase in income-mu. That's why the so-called hedonic treadmill: like walking on a treadmill, happiness is not getting ahead!

Lust material will never be satisfied.
When income of 10 million / month, going up Avanza. When income of 50 million / month rose Alphard want to change. That's one perfect example of a trap hedonic treadmill.

Hedonic treadmill makes ekspektasimu material will continue to rise. That is why happiness is stagnant, despite higher income.
There is an interesting experiment: a lottery winner worth Rp 5 billion tracked happiness six months after he got hadiah.Apa happened? 6 months after winning the prize of 5 billion, level with the SAME kebahagaiaan that person before he won the lottery berhadiah.Itulah hedonic treadmill effect.

So what should be done so that we avoid the trap hedonic treadmill?
Escape from the trap material passion that never lead?

Apply lah yg unpretentious lifestyle! a piece of a lifestyle that is not dazzled by the glittering luxury material.
Changing the orientation of life! more and more sharing, more giving to others, tested even more happy ... Not a lot of accumulating material was the one who makes your happiness satisfied!
When enough is enough.

Happiness is sometimes simple: for example, they can enjoy a cup of hot coffee, hug a family member w ho is healthy, smiling start the day, greet and mengasih tip to the garbage man, go read "food" spiritual all the way to the job site devoted For the nation and religion, then how wonderful life is!

have finding true happiness comrades.