> But sometimes it seems that they are probably happier than the rest of us. That's all that matters to me. True happiness. Do whatever gives you true happines

> But sometimes it seems that they are probably happier than the rest of us. That's all that matters to me. True happiness. Do whatever gives you true happiness. If you are happy overworking yourself to get that promotion, that's totally fine. Or if you are happy working at a low paying cash counter job at a supermall, that is okay too. I think a major factor in this is not to get lost in the endless cycle of continuously trying to gratify yourself by siphoning off from what society offers you. This just leads you into a bottomless rabbit hole which forces you to be "unhappy" until you have that "new cool thing". I have quit my old job. Joined a couple of friends at a startup, doing consultancy work. Nothing fancy. But we get along just fine. Cut myself off from facebook. Work from home, work out, contribute to open source. Couldn't be happier than what I am now.