Research suggests that happiness isn't quite that simple. It's not obvious which direction the causation arrow points. See for example this podcast on the top

Research suggests that happiness isn't quite that simple. It's not obvious which direction the causation arrow points. See for example this podcast on the topic: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/id1474245040?i=1000450981713 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happiness-lab-with...