Are you happy with your life?

[d21lewis]

Chrizum said:

Mr Khan said:

Chrizum said:
I should be extremely happy because my life is next to perfect.

For some reason I'm only mildly content.

comfortable stagnation is a reason for us to forget what we should objectively be thankful for, e.g. if your life is good but it isn't really advancing, then you feel like something could be better (e.g., "i have a job and good friends, but i need a girlfriend," or "i have a lovely wife and healthy kids, but i sure could use a promotion") Happiness is similar to economics: stagnation in the market is seen as a bad thing, even when stagnation should be (and is) preferable to deflation, but when you've hit stagnation in happiness and in the economy, all you feel is that things should be getting better, even if they're okay now

Agreed. So the solution is self-destructive behavior, to create a low I can climb out of again?

No!  Just come up with some new goals to strive for.  Me?  I want to eat the world's biggest sandwich.  It's a realistic goal but one that is always just out of reach (came so close one year and then Highwaystar101 beat me to it).  That's the secret to happiness.