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What would make you happier?

I Sperg

When I wuz a nipper aged about 5 my dad asked me which of three things would I choose if I could only have two.

Out of Health, Wealth or Happiness, I "chose"  health and wealth only for him to suggest that without happiness what woudl be teh point of having the other two?

That kind fatherly lesson and correction to my thinking has helped me enormously in focussing upon what is, and is not, really important. 

Let's not kid ourselevs boys and girls we OBVIOUSLY want lashings of all three, but in the real reality, resources & qualities are scattered about unevenly, life is essentially UNFAIR, some of us are born into the wrong bodies (or even species!) but theoretically "Happiness" is an unlimited resource that merely needs to be accessed!

MANY of us it seems are unhappier than the majority and carrying the co-morbities that result from being really unhappy too in many cases. 

NOW before you all start getting political, (I know what you 'spergs are like, I is one myself!) this is more about thinking and sharing what would make YOU happier personally. 

If anyone wants to know why I am asking this, (some of you have found me untrustworthy I believe) I'm happy to explain, but for now I'm asking the question what would make you happier?  

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  • I'd say money, but only because Im luckily have a lot of things that are great and being able to retire and still afford a roof over our heads and a nice standard of living.

    Work is the thing I want rid of, not because I'm lazy (ok maybe a little!) but it is the one place I can never feel comfortable.

    being someone who'd rather just be straight talking all the time and work for a living rather than being a grifter like many others are, I find the game playing , politics and 2 faced nature of the workplace difficult and stressful to navigate. Often I'm taken for granted, befriended by the fakers, used by others to progress etc. which is a confidence issue I assume, being a people pleaser while secretly not wanting to be, is a stress too!

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  • I'd say money, but only because Im luckily have a lot of things that are great and being able to retire and still afford a roof over our heads and a nice standard of living.

    Work is the thing I want rid of, not because I'm lazy (ok maybe a little!) but it is the one place I can never feel comfortable.

    being someone who'd rather just be straight talking all the time and work for a living rather than being a grifter like many others are, I find the game playing , politics and 2 faced nature of the workplace difficult and stressful to navigate. Often I'm taken for granted, befriended by the fakers, used by others to progress etc. which is a confidence issue I assume, being a people pleaser while secretly not wanting to be, is a stress too!

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