There's a really cool graph I first saw in a book many moons ago:
It's from Your Money or Your Life, one of the books that changed how I think about money. (I highly recommend it ... except for what it teaches about investing.)
Vicki talks about diminishing returns. That when we spend on our survival (food, water, shelter, clothing) there is a very high return. But as we move from survival to comforts, and then to luxuries, we have to spend much more to gain more fulfilment.
This is the law of diminishing returns.
But Vicki goes even further. There is a point where you spend more money and have less fulfilment. Things actually get worse.
That point where the graph flips is called enough. And it's very useful to recognise when you’re there.
The same applies to eating. There comes a point where eating more makes you feel worse.
Our culture is largely about more.
I recommend the pursuit of enough.
