Far too often we spend our working years anticipating retirement in the hope that we will finally be happy. The hope that the pain of waking up each day working a job at best we tolerate, will end. The irony of course is nothing could be further from the truth.

Retirement won’t make you happy.

Neither will a million dollars, a trip to Europe or a Porsche. They may contribute to happiness or provide a nice dopamine hit but eventually you will return to your baseline level of happiness.

The happiest people in retirement were happy before retirement.

Work on your happiness now.