The hedonic treadmill is the idea that an individual's level of happiness, after rising or falling in response to positive or negative life events, ultimately tends to move back toward where it ...

When we exist this way, we miss out on so much joy in life and will forever be stuck on what’s known as the hedonic treadmill ...

AndreyPopov/istockphotoLifestyle inflation, also known as lifestyle creep, is a phenomenon where spending rises in tandem ...

It’s also what psychologists call the ‘hedonic treadmill’. “What we know is that humans adapt very quickly to our circumstances (whether good or bad), hence when we seek out something that ...