User blog comment:Wineybrit/Life after 70. Is there anything left to live for? Why carry on going?/@comment-5116140-20130102234120

Post-Achievement Depression

This malaise or state of ennui after achieving a major goal has been long studied by psychlogists. In education, such major achievements might be a graduation or completion of a PhD. Although usually a cause for great celebration, these milestones may in some cases trigger anxiety and in some cases, even depression. Here is one link. The greatest remedy, remains to learn to enjoy process, and not just the goal. For me, tending my village has the same rewards and feel as year-long gardening  - a creative process of constant renewal.

Now, of course, Tiny Village is just a game, but some of the "pinnacle or exit postings" I have seen from top-level villagers do share some of the hallmarks of this malaise. So this seems to be just a universal afflication of extreme goal-setters. In most cases it is perfectly harmless! Unless of course you are extremely addicted to TV like me, and then that is a whole other can of worms. :-))

Enjoy the process and have fun!