Are You Happy?

Happy'ish. There are always things that could be better, but there are also for damn sure a lot of things that could be worse!

I would say that when I'm "in my head" myopically focuses on my own internal drives and desires I can find room to say I'm less than fully happy, because there are plenty of things I still want to (have|do|see|accomplish|whatever). But when I step back and look at things in perspective, while my life isn't perfect, I can see that A. I've (done|seen|had|accomplished|whatever) quite a lot the things I wanted in life, and B. there are lots of people out there who would probably see me as "successful" and would be happy to trade places with me. So yeah.. on balance, I'm not unhappy, but I'm still striving for things. Definitely not in some Zen state of enlightenment or whatever.

Strangely the question was asked yesterday by another user, too. 10 answers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36573026

No because I have become disabled from a previous job. I can't work as a result, doctor's orders. I was treated as a wage slave no matter how good I did and burned-out.

No, because I'm sitting in a 95°F apartment because, despite complaining many times over the years I've been here, they refuse to replace the AC unit which is old and seems to have a freon leak.

They've had plenty of money to do lots of cosmetic renovations though, and no wonder since the rent has increased over 25% in four years.

'ish.

I have recently been laid off from a job and getting a new one seems impossible.

Content

Mostly yes, though with a bit of a tinge of melancholy around the edges.

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