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Most people's life satisfaction matches their personality traits

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Why in God's Green Earth is the number-line backwards, and the negatives, on the right-hand side?
A Psych major told me about a study she learned in class. It measured life satisfaction in people in life changing situations, both good and bad (like some had terminal diagnoses while others won the lotto)
The results showed that while life events like this did change satisfaction, but only temporally. In the long run, people were about as happy before the event as after.
- I like that. That’s powerful. Positive people can have terrible things happen to them and bounce back. While if you have a shitty attitude - even if you have amazing things happen to you, you’ll still be miserable.
- Yep, the highest highs and lowest lows don't last like we expect them to because our brains are constantly trying to achieve homeostasis. It's the temporary movement upward or downward that causes big feelings.
  It's why it's important to fight the urge to chase short term impulses or dwell on short term failures. You want to build long-term, steady sources of joy in your life.
Left side feels like the "Desired traits" section of a job application
What's going on with all the Ls?
- I wondered the same thing
  
  Could it be a dyslexia helper to differentiate uppercase "i" and and lowercase "L"?

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