The counterpoint of that being that if you can’t be happy with what you have now (assuming of course no abusive relationship/living in need of food/shelter/etc)

The counterpoint of that being that if you can’t be happy with what you have now (assuming of course no abusive relationship/living in need of food/shelter/etc), what tells you that changing what you have will meaningfully affect your capability to be happy? Wherever you go, there you are. I liked this recent read: “My father knew a family named Wolfawitz who wanted to go on vacation but didn’t know where. It hit them. Take a two-week road trip driving to as many towns, parks, and counties as they could that contained their last name: Wolfpoint, Wolfville, Wolf Lake, etc. They read up and found things to do on the way to these other Wolf spots: a hotel in a railroad car, an Alpine slide, a pretzel factory, etc. The Wolfawitzes ended up seeing more than they planned. Lots of unexpected things popped up along the route. When they came back from vacation, they felt really good. It was easily the best vacation of their lives, and they wondered why. My father says it was because the Wolfawitzes stopped trying to accomplish anything. They just put a carrot in front of them and decided the carrot wasn’t that important but chasing it was.”