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 ...

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 ...

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

It happens all too frequently — lifestyle creep and the hedonic treadmill snowball until you’re only happy with the most expensive clothing, the flashiest cars, and other outward signifiers of ...

It imagines next year. Next month. A psychological principle called the "hedonic treadmill" is the real fuel that would, in theory, drive us toward this pathetic and debilitating future.