‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/why-success-wont-make-you-happy/614731/
@TauAs I find this true with my writing sometimes. "Ooh, look how many views I'm getting (and thus money)!" So I have to keep writing more to chase that "hit." I'm not as addicted to it as some, I don't think.