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Every time I read about these mind hacks that are supposed to transform your life and attitude, I'm reminded of the Novelty effect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_effect

It's the best thing ever, until you get used to it, than it becomes the same old. Sometimes I think the human race is completely ruled by this effect, ever chasing the next new thing as it seems so much better than the boring old thing.

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what makes us feel good is dopamine and its cousins. Repeatedly doing the same thing produces less dopamine. This is how we are hard-wired, but it's essential for our survival.

That's largely true. Still, there seems to be a difference between what we think we want and what we actually want, but we can't usually tell the difference in the moment, only in hindsight.

Eventually we find out, because we stick to what we actually want and discard what we thought we wanted.

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