Pursuing Happiness

March 5th, 2007

Whatever you’re doing with the time you spend working online, have you actually taken stock of why you’re doing it?

For many people involved in Internet-based business, success is measured by profits, but does having a bigger bank balance help them achieve happiness? For those who desire financial freedom or more free time, do they actually get it and are they happy when they do?

I would hazard a guess that not many people truly achieve happiness through their online endeavours because they are so tightly focussed on the pursuit without considering how they will know when they’re happy.

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you just had to have it no matter the cost? When you got it, was it as good as you’d expected? Is it still just as good today? If not, why not? What’s changed?

And how can it be that people living in some of the poorest countries in the world, without many of the luxuries that we take for granted, can be happy when there are so many unhappy people in our ‘civilised’ world?

Could it be that happiness is just our perception of what makes us happy?

Is it happiness you seek or is it the pursuit that makes you happy?

Should you be happier the longer you spend pursuing happiness?

If you’re not pursuing happiness then what are you doing?

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2 Responses to “Pursuing Happiness”

  1. I guess many people have varying levels of happiness to consider. For some, having enough to eat and a shelter over their head is a bliss. For others, it may be the need and ability to afford luxury goods. It is relative to the people around you, that’s all I can say. People are comparing with one another, jealousy and greed brings about more desires.

  2. A number of blogs I frequent have recently discussed the measurement of online success.

    1/2/3/4/5

    Happiness should be synonymous with success, right?

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