Stumbling On Happiness

The chance of having a better future relies on listening to other people’s experiences rather than imagining about the mere future that is not secure. Listening has some benefits such as, reducing the probability of making the same mistakes from the past and making better choices. However, if an individual only focuses on imagining about the future, it would be difficult to make good decisions in the present moment.
Imagining about the future might bring happiness at the moment, but in reality it only disturbs the present moment and the process of making good decisions. Daniel Gilbert, the author of Stumbling on Happiness, says that there are three major reasons that listening to others is better than imagining about the future is that imaginations fill in the memories of the past. The second reason was that the emotions that one feels in the present situation has influences in the future feelings.
Experiences contain life lessons that cannot be figured out by individuals. Depending on imagining about what will make individuals happy has no help in the reality. It will only make the person lifeless because if it does not go in the direction they thought it would, their self-esteem would be lowered. As much as it is important to make good decisions for a bright future, the guidance that people need in order to make certain decisions are respectively essential. However, individuals tend to set their goals in the far future and make decisions accordingly to the goal. But it is wise to make the goal reachable and closer to the present moment and clear it step by step.
It is indeed true that every single person is unique in their own ways. But, being unique should not get in the way of making good decisions. In order to make good decisions individuals should be listening more from other people about their experiences and not imagine about the insecure