"Whether people overestimate how good or bad they will feel, overestimate how quickly those feelings will arise, or underestimate how quickly they will dissipate, the important point is that they overestimate how powerfully the event will impact their emotional lives." –[Timothy Wilson and Daniel Gilbert in their seminal work,“Affective Forecasting”](https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/philosophy/affective-forecasting)