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

[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.