I think of optimism/mood as having a set point (that's probably genetically determined); no matter what happens, you tend to return to your natural set point.
I suspect ppl also have a "how much other people like me" set point feeling that they return to no matter the feedback
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Like, it's one of the background 'vibes' someone has in their worldview - their feeling of how much they are liked/accepted by other people. Like, at the end of the day when the universe settles back into its rightful shape, they expect themselves to be a certain amount of liked.
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I think people both super underestimate genetic hedonic setpoints *and* super underestimate how much you can change it if you work explicitly on that goal with a decade-long time horizon
the happiest people started with an amazing hand then worked to increase it, I think
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Research seems to not support this, that I know of. But, hell, worth a shot to see if you can prove them wrong.
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Another set point is "how much the world owes me."
On a scale from nothing to everything, there's no position in between.
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Do you think it’s based on how much you were liked in your formative years by peers/family?
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I think the proportion of the population that is below their... mood possibility frontier... because of poor/insufficient sleep is substantial. Smaller but also significant effects from poor diet/exercise habits.
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Definitely. I've seen it in my own life. Mostly due to meditation
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