Why is it when we don’t have something, we want it badly, but when we have it, we take it for granted?

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Why is it when we don’t have something, we want it badly, but when we have it, we take it for granted?

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It’s a psychological thing. Reminds me of “Keeping up with the Joneses,” the idea that you have to have the same nice, fancy things as your neighbors. We take the things we have for granted because we’re already searching for the next nice, fancy thing our neighbor just got.

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