How Happy are you?

[Zulu]

On a scale of 1-10, how happy would you describe yourself? What contributes most to your happiness?

[micth]

I'm a 7, and always improving

A book that helped was 'the art of happiness' by the dalai lama. He basically says that to be happy you have to cultivate positive states of mind (compassion, love, etc) and eliminate negative states of mind (anger, fear, etc). He gives some effective ways of doing this, so go read that book. I also learnt that happiness doesn't come from material having material goods (money, cars) and that realization has also helped me a lot.

[AndyMartin]

I can never be happier than I am this moment, so I might as well be 10. Moments when I forget that I usually rank around an 8.

[Lotus]

I call trick question.

Happy compared to what? Myself? The world? A doorknob?

[DmitryDavydov]

Originally Posted by Zulu

On a scale of 1-10, how happy would you describe yourself? What contributes most to your happiness?

Where do I find a happymeter? Happiness is a man made concept. You are not happy or unhappy, your emotional state changes all the time. If you get into an accident and end up in a hospital, you'll be pretty unhappy. But what does that really mean? Aren't you going to be "happy" that you didn't die? And still be very "unhappy" that you are hurting, lost your car and can't cover hospital bills? So which is it?

[Michael Chui]

Originally Posted by DmitryDavydov

Where do I find a happymeter?

Inside yourself.

Originally Posted by Zulu

On a scale of 1-10, how happy would you describe yourself? What contributes most to your happiness?

5. Because that's the highest possible.

...what? You didn't specify! I pictured a bell curve!

And the top contributing factor to my happiness is me.