What happens when...

In the book Stumbling On Happiness, researchers gave volunteers a color swatch to study.

After staring at the color for 5 seconds, they took it away and asked one volunteer group (the "Describers") to describe the color they had for 30 seconds.

They asked the other group (the "Non-Describers") to sit in silence for 30 seconds after seeing their color.

All volunteers were then shown a lineup of six color swatches and asked to pick out their original swatch.

33% of the Describers accurately identified the original color.

73% of the Non-Describers identified the original color.

Why?

It appears the Describers' verbal description of their experience overwrote their memories of the actual experience. They ended up remembering not what they had experienced, but what they had said about what they experienced.

So...

How was your weekend?

"Best one yet."


-GFDD CREW




PS- We've taken a lot of our travel offline as of late - noticing we were beginning to do it for the "wrong reasons" and we've been intent on getting back in touch with the "right" reasons. We have a shirt that says "Your LIFE, not your words or doctored images - is your message to the world."

We believe we could all use that reminder.

See you out there. ❤️🏴