Self-Knowledge Question #1: Happiness

[ng_moonmoth]

ysabetwordsmith  included this link with questions about self-knowledge to help fulfill a wish someone made in snowflake_challenge .

I'm at a point right now where improving my own self-knowledge would be a significant help. So I'm going to work through that list of questions the same way ysabetwordsmith  is doing with a different list, one each day, and inviting comments on the questions and my answers. As that happens, I'll wind up sharing some stuff about who I am and what drives me, which may be fun and interesting for those of you who are new here or haven't met me in real life.

OK, time to get started. Here's today's question:

1. Are you happy? Where you are right now, doing what you’re doing, the life you’re living… are you happy? If not, what do you think you need to be truly happy?

Most of the time. The line "Happiness is not having what you want, it's wanting what you have" aligns well with how things are materially for me. The emotional/spiritual alignment is more problematic, however. Some of what I have I do not want, and some of what I want I do not have. And none of this mismatch is anything that can be solved by any external agency. I can get help with this (and I am), but I will still have to do it myself.

Comments

[alatefeline]

*hugs offered*

I like seeing people doing these sorts of things. I might try myself once I get housing sorted out. This seems like a good list.

[ng_moonmoth]

*accepts hug* Thank you. *hugs back*

>> I might try myself once I get housing sorted out. <<

Heartily concur on waiting until then. The questions strike me as the sort that would benefit from a decent amount of introspection and reflection -- something that will be in short supply for you until you find your new home.

[redsixwing]

What an interesting project. Thanks for posting about it, I find this sort of thing fascinating.

Wishing you luck with the mismatch, and the resolution thereof.

[ng_moonmoth]

>> Wishing you luck <<

Thanks for the good wishes. I'm pretty sure, though, that it won't be luck that gets things aligned, even though that might well help. It'll be work, some of it hard, that actually gets things done there.

What I'm trying to get is a favorable outcome, and wishes for such will be greatly appreciated.

[redsixwing]

I'll wish you a favorable outcome instead, then. (You're right, of course; with that sort of work, luck is not the deciding factor.)

I knew someone a while back who, instead of wishing anyone good luck, would wish them the best of their /skill/ instead. I've tried his wording, but despite it seeming intuitive to me, I've had to explain it so many times that I've reverted back to default.

[mdlbear]

Interesting list. Not sure I'm up for it myself; I'll have to think about that.

[ng_moonmoth]

Yeah, don't start the trip until you're ready to leave. But don't let not being up for it prevent you from deciding to start. Yo might feel more up for it once you do start.

Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I am so glad I could help with this.