What would make you happy?

Never needing to work again and actually having energy to do things would probably do the trick.

Just one day without tinnitus would make me happy.

Take care of your ears.

Probably a loving partner, and enough therapy to be able to have a healthy relationship. But that's a lot of work, so I mostly try to be happy in my solitude.

A friend that both plays the same video games I like so we can play together and also fucks me.

If I learned how to prioritize sleep without feeling guilty

A universal move towards a less judgemental and more empathetic society.

I just want to know that everything is genuinely going to be okay.

If I could turn back time.

A few thousand dollars.

My daughter to be happy.

Also, for her to manage a single night with solid sleep, so I'm not replying to threads about happiness on Lemmy at 5am. That would also be nice.

Life stability and security. If all of my bills and debts were taken care of, I would be happy. I love my job as a welder and enjoy what I do. I look forward to the new work week on Monday morning.

I would continue working as a welder, even if I didn't have to worry about money and bills.

I wish I knew.

To get the kids to bed and start up a video game. That's all. That's all it takes for me now a days.

World peace and free drugs

Getting paid without having to work.

If it turns out that the Nintendo Switch 2 can dispense coffee.

Jokes aside, I'm already happy! What would make me even happier is getting around to finishing this drawing...soooo many hairs 😂

Financial freedom

• A solid, reliable, trusted, friend group. I've got a handful of people but some folks I know have like a whole crew.
• At least one smart, hot, kind, loving, partner with at least one shared, actionable interest.
• Power. Like, give me the infinity stones and I'll fix the world.

No other crisis at the moment, but you never know when you're going to wake up with double cancer or whatever. I try to appreciate the nice moments.

"OK, you've finished your first play through. Now go back a handful of decades and don't do the same fuck-ups."

Not having adhd so I could make a better use of time, for family, relaxation, chores, career advancement. So I didn’t have to lean on my wife’s emotional intelligence and knack for planning so much, and so I would be better at maintaining relationships with those who aren’t in my immediate vicinity

If I could convince my friend to stop smoking.

Well I am happy, but would be happier if the public transit here was good. Because the city would be so much better.

More money would make me less anxious but I have a reasonable lifestyle already (only took a half century and 4 wage earners in the household) and am satisfied with it.

Ultimate dream? To have my mortgage paid off so I can have a bit more breathing room every month. I'll get there eventually, I'm just impatient 🙂

Dopamine and serotonin.

Getting to meet in person the close friends I have made online

A stable career path, a loving relationship, and permanent housing.

More concise: Stability.

It's all I ever wanted and seemingly the only thing I can never have even since childhood. I move every 2 years on average and since adulthood that's been from basement apartment to basement apartment and now to a garage with no end in sight... I finally got to the point where I could consider buying a house and then COVID, WFH, and the invesestment parasites all blew up at once and took that away from me... I gave up on the relationship bit years ago.

being a cis woman

In the US: Universal healthcare. Having kids and having to think about healthcare even when we're not sick or injured is such a mental drain.

Just enough money to pay off my car, my credit card, and give me 1 year (if that, id probably spend half the time recovering from traveling) to travel and see where I want to go in life.

Edit: funny, now that I'm thinking about it there's that venn diagram joke: Money, time, and Energy. Each stage of your life you get two.

I have no energy, not a lot of money, and plenty of time (except ADHD time blindness so it doesn't do me any fucking good.)

Be able to be there for those that need me and simultaneously have a job

Getting rid of 35kg of fat.

Long term, low intencity depression doesn't make it easy though.

right now a shower

Ugh, how to tell a depressed dog person I want three cute catgirl girlfriends…

cute girl to hug

Less stress. Less worry. More time free to recuperate and enjoy things.

getting rid of Schizophrenia

A permanent place to live

Full ride scholarship

A choice to be? (If only it were that simple.)

Since hitting my 30s I've started getting really invested in middle aged man shit like sports and history podcasts. It's a cliche and basic in its own way but I'm genuinely surprised by the amount of joy these relatively simple things are bringing me. Especially when I could not have been less interested in sports as a youngster.

The exact amount of money I have in debts at the moment.

If I was 100% debt free I could work 3-4 days a week with the same amount of money left as with debts.

This would reduce stress and give me more time and energy to improve myself

Not having to go into the office. I like my job.

Space and time away from everything, fresh air, sunlight, some peace and quiet, a slower and simpler way of life.

Having money to buy anything without worries and not need to work.

A coupl' more of cats

Someone who occasionally makes me feel special. It'd be nice to feel special all the time, but I think that's unrealistic. It'd be nice if I could feel special or important on a semi regular basis. Not just useful, like a wrench is useful, but treasured.

The older I get, the more I understand the "lone old man and his dog" stereotype. The dog thinks you're great and everyone else just sees you like a machine that is disposable when they're done with you.

A job that: I'd love, is at a desk, pays well, is project based, asks me to set my own goals, holds me accountable, makes me feel like I'm contributing something positive for other people.

Right now, I would feel more fulfilled in life with something like that.

Having no needs that anyone else can leverage against me.

the only thing that could "make" me happy is a change in mindset, perhaps forced by brain damage.

as far as how I will make my own happiness, it comes down to making choices informed by my own values, painstakingly discovered through mistakes, introspection, and connections with others

Relief of stress, which is currently made by lack of money. So money, I guess. I think in smaller terms this chocolate chip banana bread will make me short term happy though.

Being well off enough and free of my money problems so that I could quit my night job and devote my free time to helping my friends. I'd also like to have a life where I could become a foster parent because I think I'd be good at that and help families well.

I'm already happy, so happier than this?maybe some more money but just for practical purposes.

A girlfriend.

My own place to live.

A job that isn't 10% basic Excel admin, 5% copying and pasting snippets from a slowly updating Power BI report into PowerPoint slides, 5% chasing managers for info, and the remaining 80% twiddling my thumbs because I have nothing to do.

Some stability in my life and a friend who gives good hugs.

Right now? Extended time off work without responsibility.

That is the million dollar question, isn't it...

Call me cute uwu

Being actually listened to.

Also, if bureaucracy wasn't such a clusterfuck.