Why You Feel Poor Even When You're Rich (The Hedonic Treadmill)

You get the promotion. You buy the car. You move into the bigger house. And 3 months later... you feel exactly the same.

This isn't ungratefulness. It is biology. In this video, we visualize the Hedonic Treadmill—the psychological mechanism that resets your happiness baseline no matter how much money you make.

We explain why a $10,000 raise feels amazing for only 30 days, the trap of Lifestyle Creep, and why the "Status Game" is a game you literally cannot win.

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TIMSTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:25 - The Salary Paradox (aka Hedonic Treadmill)
03:23 - The Comparison Trap
05:10 - Lifestyle Inflation
07:21 - Why Mansa Musa Gave It Away
09:24 - How to Get Off the Treadmill
11:21 - Recap Summary
12:23 - Outro


🔍 QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THIS VIDEO:
• What is the hedonic treadmill in psychology?
• Why doesn't making more money make you happier?
• What is lifestyle creep and how do you stop it?
• How does hedonic adaptation affect your finances?
• Why do I feel broke even though I make good money?

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