I don’t mean like how happy you are today. I mean overall, are you satisfied with everything you are up until this point? For me, for an example, I have a decent job that keeps my head just above water. I have a loving family that I see every couple months or weeks. I have the freedom to do what I want, when I want. But, overall, I’m sort of lonely and exhausted from constantly working. So, on a scale of 1 to 10, I’m about a 6.
My life’s pretty much 9-10/10, and the things I’m unhappy about are both small all things considered and also mostly in my hands (and any changes haven’t been made because I’m lazy and unfocused but still a future possibility). Most of the things I’m grateful for I’ve gotten completely for free, not thanks to any personal effort, like my upper middle class upbringing, my slightly cuckoo but very loving mom, my curious disposition, my depth and speed of thought, my empathy and prosociality (despite being such a proud and, at times, reclusive person), meeting my now-wife in the unlikeliest of places, renewing my faith in God… I’ve been given a lot, it’s hard to be ungrateful (but I still manage sometimes, lol). 🙏👍