I doubt you can help other people very much. Research suggests that happiness is largely a stochastic phenomenon [1] where common-sense factors like socioeconom

I doubt you can help other people very much. Research suggests that happiness is largely a stochastic phenomenon [1] where common-sense factors like socioeconomic status, educational attainment, family income, marital status, and religious commitment all show little impact on variation in happiness. The genetic heritability of the stable component of subjective well-being approaches 80%. This largely matches my own anecdotal observations. I'm capable of experiencing happiness like everyone else but it's largely situational and unstable and tends to be hedonic. Some other people meanwhile are unflappably happy. Happiness is probably a matter of perspective, and I think it's just really, really difficult to truly and durably change your perspective. It's like asking an atheist to believe in a god or vice versa. [1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1996.tb00355.x https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1996.tb... Also a metastudy: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-016-9781-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-016-9781-6