Regardless of whether you’re longing for a new car or home, wishing to relocate or get a promotion, or hoping to improve your health or a relationship, it turns out there’s a flaw in this logic:  in general, neither positive nor negative events actually make significant, long-term changes to our happiness.

Do you feel a little happier when you take a walk, or find yourself surrounded by green? 

Well, it’s not just you.