Arrival Fallacy
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Hello!
Ever feel like what to do now once you reach your goals or fulfil that dream? Do you live in the future by waiting for something to happen to feel happy?
Do not be shy. I have been there. You might have been too. It is called Arrival Fallacy.
What is it?
âArrival fallacy is basically the repackaging of motivation,â says Brent Macdonald, psychologist and associate professor at Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.
âWhen people set goals for themselves and achieve them, they can then be left with this kind of voidâtheyâve got them and theyâre still not happy,â says Macdonald.
They may experience brief contentment, but it doesnât last, and so they may feel depressed, or look for another objective. Alternatively, they may never achieve the goal and blame such failure for their unhappiness. [1]
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What do I need to know?
If achieving a long-sought goal has made you deeply unhappy, or worse, wondering what you will do next to outdo the previous goal, then the arrival fallacy could be affecting your happiness.
Actionable Insights
There are a few ways that you can fight against the arrival fallacy.
Most of them consist of changing your mindset about the preconceived intensity or duration of happiness that you think achieving a goal will make you feel.
While you have every right to feel happy for accomplishing a long-sought goal, having predetermined expectations of how intense your happiness will be or how long it will last could end in disappointment and depression.
Set Practical and achievable goals. Use small steps approach to compound your efforts towards the bigger goal.
References & Studies: -
https://www.besthealthmag.ca/article/arrival-fallacy/
https://www.deannalarsonmd.com/blog/arrival-fallacy
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