So there are a lot of articles that assert that having “good experiences” improves well-being much more than other things like accumulating material possessions beyond a reasonable level of need.

However, whenever I try to look up “what are the best experiences to have” there’s a bunch of random links that come up on a search engine.

Yet I stumbled upon this book - “Time and How to Spend It: Seven Ways to Better Days” by James Wallman which outlines some criteria for elements of an experience that the author thinks is thought to be more valuable:

The author uses an acronym “STORIES”, which stands for:

Story, Transformation, Outside & Offline, Relationships, Intensity, Extraordinary, and Status & Significance.

An “ideal experience” should be worth telling a story about, should “transform” who you are into something new, should ideally be in nature unplugged, should be with other people or strengthen relationships, should have totally challenge you or have you fully immersed in the experience, should be awe-inspiring (like watching a sunset), and should boost your status or have a significance for you personally.

I imagine “good experiences” that people have may lack these things, but I was curious what you think are some of the “best experiences” people can have and about what you think of this framework?

(The author has created a “World Experience Organization” which seems to put on or highlight events the group believes to be interesting that people might partake in)