Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.
Daniel KahnemanThe experiencing self lives in the moment; it is the one that answers the question, 'Does it hurt?' or 'What were you thinking about just now?' The remembering self is the one that answers questions about the overall evaluation of episodes or periods of one's life, such as a stay in the hospital or the years since one left college.
Daniel KahnemanI don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion.
Daniel KahnemanWe can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if the story were true.
Daniel Kahneman