Here’s the recipe to happiness folks: read the extensive and very interesting article here (Art of Manliness).
Here’s the summary of the whole article, and I made a note for myself of how many things I can check off from it.
Things that correlate to happiness include:
- at least $75,000 income –> Check? Income varies, but I don’t work the whole year either.
- spending money on other people and charity –> Check.
- spending money on experiences over material goods –> Check. Going to Asia in 2011!
- living close to your job –> Check. 5 minute commute, baby!!
- being older –> Er.. under 30 is not really old, so no.
- having a satisfying job –> Check! I love what I do.
- strong social ties –> Check! Am getting closer to my family & my friends by making an effort.
- regular, monogamous sex –> Check 😉
7 out of 8 ain’t bad at all for me. 🙂
So you may be wasting your time:
- trying to be extremely wealthy
- wishing your were back in your 20s
- buying a bunch of junk
- enduring a lengthy commute to your job so you can have a bigger house
- being Boo Radley (a character from the book To Kill a Mockingbird)
- involuntary celibacy
So there you have it. The key factors to happiness 🙂
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver.
I cleared $60,000 in 18 months earning $65,000 gross/year.
Now I am self-employed, and you can read more about 
What is it that you do for work? What did you study in college?
It sounds like you have a fantastic set up – enjoying your blog very much!
I went to business school and I\’m a consultant. 🙂
Thanks!
Glad to know you read AoM, too. I thought I was the only one and kinda weird for it. It would be really cool if your organized your FB site along their lines (magazine format). You have so much wonderful information, especially your discussions of job-related issues (meetings, managing sucky assignments, asking for a raise &c).