Today is August 22 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is “How often do you find yourself suffering from Destination Addiction?”
People who navigate the chaos have the self-awareness to recognize when they start to suffer from what British psychologist, author, and broadcaster Robert Holden labeled “Destination Addiction: a preoccupation with the idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job and with the next partner. Until you give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.”
This condition is also known as the “grass is always greener.” When we believe that obtaining something we don’t have will be the secret to our happiness we need to stop and ask ourselves why that is. This wanting of something we don’t yet have often shifts our focus from the present demonstrates a lack of self-awareness that in and of itself should be addressed.
When you are present and have a strong sense of self-awareness you can then move forward and ‘give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else.” How often do you find yourself suffering from Destination Addiction?