Hedonic goal-chasing

The 'I'll be happy when...' trap Tamir names at the outset: if happiness waits on the next goal you'll be miserable your whole life; Ian sees men arrive at 40-50 feeling empty this way.

Where it appears 1

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  how to win at pinball & lifeEp 3 · with Ian Coll

Connections

In tension with

• Massive desire with complete non-attachment

Explored through

• If you keep saying I'm going to be happy when I hit this goal, you're going to be miserable your whole life.Tamir Barzilai · Ep 3 · 9:51