on the question of happiness

[wooshoe]

Okay, I have no idea if you read Livejournal anymore, but this is my attempt to answer your question earlier this week about whether or not all of "this" right now makes me happy.

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of happiness:
a : enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment happiest person I know> happy childhood>b :

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[dnserror]

I had to break this into three parts, because did you know that LJ enforces a 4300 character comment policy?

Two articles from same publication, different views:
http://www.inc.com/daniella-whyte/5-lessons-from-brene-brown-on-being-imperfect-and-loving-it.html
Give up and hang out with friends and family.
http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/10-scientifically-proven-ways-to-be-incredibly-happy-wed.html
More science-y.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness
The UN says 3/20 is International Day of Happiness.
I might try to seek out some of these tests, although they seem very cursory. But maybe you only need five questions to determine how happy you are?

Unfortunately, this is all very stream-of-consciousness and probably way too much about me.

“I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter. I didn’t have time to write you a short one.” - Blaise Pascal

[wooshoe]

"Unfortunately, this is all very stream-of-consciousness and probably way too much about me." - Not at all. Maybe this delving deeply into ourselves is the reason why we're BFFs?