+1000 (to my surprose) some nits: 1. everyone's happiness is different. Families are the extreme: I know lots of people in all 4 quadrants of kids/nokids, hap

+1000 (to my surprose) some nits: 1. everyone's happiness is different. Families are the extreme: I know lots of people in all 4 quadrants of kids/nokids, happy/unhappy. Western culture says that kids=happiness and no-kids=emptiness, but I'm here to tell you that's total and obvious BS. Hobbies are another silliness, again all 4 quadrants, INCLUDING miserable people addicted to their hobbies or using them to hide from unfulfilled lives. Sleep? all 4 quadrants, INCLUDING miserable people who sleep. Excitement? Education? etc etc etc - all 4 quadrants for everything. 2. people are fulfilled/happy/energetic/etc or less, at different times in their lives, and it's really true that sometimes you need to experience a period to find happiness in the next ("growth"). Eat, pray, love, kumbaya, and so on. One of my dearest and most happy/fulfilled friends recently lost his wife and he's miserable, barely holding on - but he recognizes this grieving period and leaning in on his Jewish heritage and year of mourning. Also, times of great learning can be miserable while you're going through them. 3. the survey was around weekly habits, but I've found that my happiness requires "everything in moderation, even moderation" - which includes annual deep-dive projects that utterly destroy any sense of balance, in order to "ship" something professionally or personally. More subtly, regular habbits need to be changed at different times in my life, including diet, exercise, sleep and so on. hope this helps.