Happiness in our life (Mini-Model taken from the KNOW-WHY book)

This is just a mini model taken from a book of mine. It shows a reinforcing (red) and a balancing (blue) feedback loop.

Short term feeling exhausted leads to more happiness. Looking at the connections it becomes obvious as that leads to a break from work.

Long term, however, the exhaustion triggers the reinforcing feedback loop leading to less work, less money, less happiness, more exhaustion, less work ....

Within the alternative bar chart you can click on the factors to see the loops and the cause chains that explain their effect.