Which magic pill would you rather swallow: one that makes you totally happy with your place in life (side effect: lack of any ambition, complacency), or one that makes you very energetic and ambitious (side effect: depression if you still fail)?
Contentment! I suffer from Major Depression and went undiagnosed and untreated for about 15 years. I have spent the last 5 years working to be happy for the first time in my life. I never want to go back to that state.
Being content *all* the time with nothing productive to do is an awful feeling for me. Healthy, natural lows and highs are what keep me content with the big picture. So I guess a-tweaking I go.
See this is one of those tricky questions, it says you'd be "totally happy", so I'd think we couldn't feel bad about being complacent seeing as that is mutually exclusive of complete happiness. Therefore it's happiness or anxiety. I'll take happy.
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