I'm happy with my life.

I look at classmates and family members and people that live around me and I think I'm doing very well. I don't worry about bills, money, or job security. I'm happy with the people around me. My job doesn't stress me out at all. I'm healthy. I really can't think of anything I'd do differently or anything I can't do now if I really wanted to. Yeah, I could have a bigger house or a nicer car or stuff like that. Thing is, I don't even really have a desire for those things.

On Sunday, my mom and my sisters came by to visit. I played with my newborn niece, went head to head with mom in Pokemon Puzzle League, watched some NBA Basketball, finished Mass Effect 3, ate some pizza, and made love to my girlfriend. I'm a very blessed man.

Yes and no? It's yes or it's not. End.

OP: Yes, very.

BTW, mass suicide incoming.

I'm at that critical juncture of optimism and uncertainty, e.g. right before graduating college, where my life could go anywhere or nowhere depending on the whims of the job market. Anxiety and promise mix, and while i am content with where i am now, fear of where i could go keeps me from true satisfaction.

If i had any full-time job, i would say yes, as it is, ambiguous.

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?

Love life? I'm getting married to my boyfriend of 10 years this summer so very happy.
Social life? I've got great friends and my social calendar fills up quickly (to the point where I savor the quiet weekends alone at home with my bf), I kinda wish I had some gamer friends though. I miss the massive local multiplayer gatherings I had at my home when I was a teenager.
Work life? Not that much, it's not that I hate my job, it's just that I don't feel passionate about it. I don't know if I'd be happier programming games instead of websites or if I should completely change job.

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.

If I was asked this question (2) months ago I would have said "No". I had big health issues, a small (1) bedroom apartment that I shared with my fiance and my 2-1/2 year old daughter, a job I am not passionate about and little social life outside of work (Mainly due to me not wanting people over that apartment that I hated.

Today I still have that same job, but my health has taken a turn for the better (Although still have minors issues here and there) and I upgraded from a (1) bedroom apartment to now living in a (2) bedroom house and finally having my own backyard and a nice wooden deck where I spend a lot of my time while watching my daughter play on the swing set I got and put together for her. I also had my family and my fiance's family over on Easter Sunday and we all had a great time eating, having some drinks and having all the kids playing in my yard.

Could I still do better? Absolutely. However, I am happy where I am right now.

Only immediate change I would like though is erasing the $200/week pre-preschool payments since I would like to have the extra cash on hand. An extra 10k a year goes a long way.

Life is full of both internal and external challenges. Loss of employment, illness, the loss of a loved one, etc. The list goes on. But life is also full of blessings, both big and small: children, family, church, learning... WOMEN (well for me at least). That list also goes on.

In the last 10 years I've lost my dad to cancer, my eldest sister to an especially virulent infection and my cousin to heart complications after surgery to repair her back. I have been informed this year that my job will be terminated at the end of the year and I had to sell my car (that I loved) to buy a truck as the car was too small for my now growing family.

But I have a wife that sticks by me and two wonderful boys. Could things be better? Sure, but I wouldn't change my life for anyone's. It's mine, I own it, I shape it the best I can. I've made some terrible decisions in my life and some great ones too. When it's all said and done I hope the good outweigh the bad and that some people in my life will remember me and think I brought some small amount of good into the world.

What more could you possibly hope for?