"Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them." Since 'improvement' is so often a subjective quality the stoics may perhaps suggest you re

"Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them." Since 'improvement' is so often a subjective quality the stoics may perhaps suggest you rebase what you consider to be self improvement. What if one could find a way of being happy regardless of 'self improvement' drives? If happiness is the objective and you can be happy without changing your environment, even if changing the environment is trivial, what's the difference?