Are you for the most part happy?

I feel like I'm surrounded by boring depressed people. I live in an area that's very status obsessed with lots of hardworking miserable people whine about politics and stocks. They either take me for joke or think I'm being unfair to them because they work hard and aren't happy. I try to tell them I went to an Ivy League school but they don't listen or they don't care.

I'm happy about 80% of the time which was my goal. I drown out those negative voices and surround myself with positive people.

I was wondering if you're happy most of the time.

 

pretty much. i have days where i'm depressed, but overall i'm pretty happy. i live in a country where i'm safe (from crime and war), free from most natural disasters, have a good social safety net in case i get sick or things fall apart, and i've found someone to share it all and start a family with.

also, the weed here is pretty great too.

 

most of the time, yes. when i see the same thread over and over and over, still yes but not quite as much.

 

I flunked out of a Jr. college and I'm happy 99.999% of the time.
Maybe it's a choice of college or maybe it's because I have no goal to be happy

 

Happy? What's that?

 

I'm getting happy

 

No, I lost all happiness when I sold my soul to the dark side years ago. :bandana:

 

I've been unhappy in the past, but these days I am very happy almost all the time, despite a much higher stress level.

 

I'm probably happy 60% of the time. I only have 2 friends and their interest in me is questionable. My parents have caught me smoking pot twice so I'm on kind of a tight rope at the moment. I spend most of my time alone in my room. This wouldn't be so bad if I could get some pot but my parents make it so difficult. Maybe its just because I'm young but there are many times where I feel unsatisfied with my life. Maybe when I'm older and can get away from rural western pa things will get better.

 

thatblindguy, maybe! I can tell you that my overall happiness improved A LOT when I left my parent's place and finally got some freedom to live my life the way I really want it, so that might be the case for you too. Hang on!

I'm very happy. :sunny: Nothing really seems to drag me down, even the worst bullshit you could imagine. I just shrug and go with the flow. I had quite my share of drama (immigration, poverty, violence, mental and physical health problems, addiction to opiates, living on the streets, etc.) but I've been through it and surprisingly I still love myself and love life. I'm now healthy and have a wonderful group of friends, a comfortable lifestyle and a husband that I dearly love. Could I be more fulfilled? I doubt it.

 

I'm happy most of the time and I think that being able to be naked on beaches and in spas helps me stay that way.

 

I lived 37 years of my life with negative feelings everyday! Never truely happy, always thinking there was more and always looking for it on the outside. Then events in my life took everything I thought I knew and threw it out the door. It was at this point I changed the way I did things, the way I looked at myself and others, i walked away from everything and everybody in my life that was negative. I did some soul searching and found myself. The real person I was meant to be. I became confident and secure with who I am and really liked myself! I stopped caring what other people thought of me and and started to live my life the way I wanted to. I was finally feeling positive and happy everyday of my life. Even though at that point of my life I was working two jobs and at least 60 hours a week just to get by to try and keep my house a float on my own with two kids for half the time, going through a seperation from a 16 year marriage, and having to start my life over close to the age of 40. I beat it and I won. By making the changes I had to I can say I am know living the best part of my life and those changes have also helped me find the most amazing positive person to spend it with. Long story short there is only one person you should count on to find your happiness and that is yourself. The rest will fall in place.

 

I float. Not depressed enough to kill myself...but i'm not jumping out of my pants happy (rarely) ever too. I'm rational.

 

Happiness is a place I like to stay at. I'd say I'm there most of the time.

 

I have a beautiful wife, wonderful children, a lovely home and a great sex sex life. So hell yes I'm happy.

 

Mostly happy, I'd say 85% of the time. I get frustrated with a lot of stupid crap but try to remind myself not to sweat the small stuff. All I have to do is read news about the state of the world around and how people really suffer and realize all over how lucky I am.

It feels so petty to me but the biggest contribution to my un-happiness is the lack of a good sex life! I love my wife, she's beautiful and sexy and a great mom. I have 2 great kids and love em to death. The sex we have is great, she always orgasms, often 2-3 times but she's still happy with sex 2-3 times a month and I'm not. I deal with it and try to remember that the 85% is pretty damn good.

 

I am a happy person. I was once told that you can make each day either chicken salad or chicken shit and I choose to make each day a positive and not a negative. I have my problems but who doesn't. I have a lot going for me and I am going to make the most out of it.

 

I'm calm, positive and content. I'm not euphoric much, but i'm 26 now (lol should be 30 saying that). I rationalize well (sometimes too well for my own good), but I realize I got it made considering all the other stuff normal people can feel depressed about, and the fact I'm not in Africa or India starving my bones off. So what if I don't have a model gf, ya?

 

that's pretty pessimistic. you have to make every day something gross.

 

Yup, the past couple months have been super. Lots of good changes happening.