Why Your Brain Has No Idea What Actually Makes You Happy

Your brain is hopeless at imagining the future.

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There’s a reason you’re not happy, and it’s inside your own head. Your lack of satisfaction and contentment is (at least partly) due to your own brain, and the tricks it’s playing on you. If you’ve reached a point in your life where you are happy, most of the time, congratulations. You’ve…