Happiness is Not a Five-star Holiday
By all means reasonable, make that trip if it helps, but your happiness in life doesn’t depend on it
For many people, happiness must be a five-star holiday away from home or a planned escape from home. A first-class plane ticket won’t guarantee the kind of happiness you want, but it will feel good in the moment.
Who would reject a five-star treat away from home, right? But there’s more to lasting happiness than a luxurious holiday.
Jonny Thomson, author of Mini Philosophy, could not be more right when he said our happiness is not at a five-star holiday in a post on the “New Happy” he wrote for the Big Think.
Happiness, the kind that sustains us, is not a fleeting high. It’s not the one-time business class flight I took the last time I travelled with British Airways or the luxury Disneyland Hôtel experience in Paris my wife wants.
Don’t get me wrong, vacations are great.
A break from routine can be the necessary detour you need to recharge. But the fleeting joy of a perfect getaway fades quickly. True happiness isn’t a temporary high; it’s a deep sense of fulfilment in what we do daily or weekly.
