What’s a common misconception people have about happiness?
People think happiness is something you *get* and then you’re just… happy forever after. Like a final destination.
But it’s more like moods that come and go. Some days are good, some suck. That’s normal.
Then drugs show up. You take something, feel amazing instantly, and it seems to prove happiness is just a switch. Except it’s not real happiness—it’s your brain flooded with chemicals. You build tolerance, crash hard, and eventually you can’t even feel good without it.
Real happiness (or contentment, whatever you want to call it) is smaller and weirder. It’s from doing stuff that matters, people you care about, just… being bored sometimes. It doesn’t crash and it doesn’t need more of itself to work.
Less dramatic, but it actually lasts.
When I was raising six children I often wouldn’t get them what they wanted because of the fact that if I did they’d obviously find something new to want, which was usually more expensive than the last..I think life can be a bit like that too!