“But once the initial excitement of an experience subsides, the moment ends up being stashed away in our minds, and it’s on to the next shiny new experience that captures our attention.”

Except for the vast majority of people, it’s not on to the next shiny new experience, it’s back to the office or store or restaurant or plant to earn the money for the next shiny new experience. While they are grinding it out at that job, they can take a moment to pleasantly remember that last experience, or make a plan for the next one. Every time they meet someone else who visited that shiny place, they will have something to share with each other. There was a word we used to use for people that never did anything that was even remotely interesting. Dull. And no, your contemplation about age and the peeling bark of the elm tree in front of your house is not as interesting as the bachelorette party in Las Vegas or the food poisoning at Angkor Wat.