There is a conceptual view that most, if not all, individuals deserve an optimal predestined future. The entertainment industry is partly to blame for this situation. “Human beings of all cultures are fascinated by stories” (Haidt 142.) This error is an everyday phenomenon that causes us to water down our realities and blind ourselves to the obstacles that balance our achievements. The media uses movies to establish a "real world" plot that always seems to end in a "happily ever after." A cheesy movie such as Valentines Day (2010) is a typical situation where couples break up and make up, waiting for someone special to sweep them off their feet and eventually fall in love, simply because the setting is Valentines Day. Valentine's Day. Films like 500 Days of Summer (2009) "surprise" audiences with what they think is a rekindled flame between Summer and Tom, and when that doesn't happen, we are then reassured that Tom will find a new woman who will make him even happier. , Autumn. Despite the fact that this idealistic depiction of life includes a series of unfortunate events, the positive ending leads society to believe that no matter what happens, we will end up happy. So we allow ourselves to remain in a state of discontent and misery, not wanting to try to fix the situation, but rather waiting in the present for our happy ending to come in the future. Time invested in the future