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When achieving your dreams doesn't bring the satisfaction you expected

I have everything I thought I wanted by 40 but I feel empty inside and I don't understand what's wrong with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fulfillment of external goals can reveal the inadequacy of desire-based happiness as a life organizing principle.

Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.