gross national hapiness index

[kandrathe]

It may not have been "squishy" to them, but that doesn't mean they were right about how to actually measure it. I certainly don't measure my own happiness that way. I just simply don't see the connection between how others are doing and my own happiness.

Yeah, I was alluding to my own experiences. Some of my happiest times were when I was a fairly carefree college kid spending my summers on California beaches. My wife and I were very poor, staying with in-laws, but our days were filled with adventures. Then other times, when I have been very wealthy and unhappy, my work weeks between airports were 80 or 90 hours long, and I wasn't sure which cities Marriott I was staying in this week.