Comments on: Am I Happy At Work? [analyzing my entire career from day 0]

By: Hugo Huijer

Hugo Huijer — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 18:22:34 +0000

In reply to Jean. Thank you, Jean, for taking the time to share your nice comment! I'm happy that this writeup was helpful for you! Good luck in finding happiness in what you do!

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:00:11 +0000

In reply to Jean. Meant to add that I will be tracking!

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 09:58:28 +0000

A very interesting article thank you and a timely one for me. I am working part time in a job I like but both the early start and a nice but somewhat inexperienced manager are causing resentments lately. I’m 69 but feel look and act like 49 so am considering other ways of feeling purposeful. Luckily I don’t need the money. I teach dance occasionally and am going for an interview for an accountancy voluntary job in a hospice. It’s serendipitous that I have found your articles!

By: Admin

Admin — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 06:54:40 +0000

In reply to Krishna.

Thanks for the nice words! Analyzing data is one of the things I enjoy, indeed!

I’ve found that I’m more of a passive investor though. The stock market is much more emotions than factual data, which scares me a little 😉

By: Krishna

Krishna — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 05:00:54 +0000

Nice article. It would have been more interesting if the reasons for unhappiness were mentioned. A lot of things can make unhappy, both inside and outside of work activities, office culture, bossism, personal attributes. By looking at the charts it’s very clear you are unhappy and looking for FI. Good luck. I liked the sankey diagram. Your mathematical and analytical skills on historical data are very good, you will be very very happy if you get your hands into training on stock markets and then becoming a stock market trader. I wish you goodluck.

By: Admin

Admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:04:21 +0000

In reply to shok1234.

Thanks for the nice words and sharing your comment! This method definitely has its flaws. 🙂 And you’re right, just because a happiness factor (in your example eating cake!) has a positive influence on your happiness, that doesn’t mean you can upscale it to infinity in order to collect your maximum happiness, so to speak.

If that was the case, I’d be an obese, addicted and unhealthy dude with (probably) no social connections whatsoever 😉 Moderation is key!

By: shok1234

shok1234 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:51:32 +0000

Great post, just one minor nitpick: comparing work days to non-work days to figure out if you would be happier is a bit misleading. I might enjoy eating a birthday cake once a year, but if I had to do it everyday, it would start to feel like work 🙂

By: Admin

Admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 06:29:28 +0000

In reply to Sharon. That is amazing. Thanks for the nice words. If you're ever interested in sharing your experiences with the community, let me know! :)

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:55:48 +0000

Awesome read. I love how dedicated you are on this entire project, and it inspires me to continue as well. I must say, I also enjoy my work but there are a couple of aspects that are boring and dull as well. I think I might be able to avoid these aspects with a bit of effort!

By: Admin

Admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 21:07:41 +0000

In reply to Jacq. Thank you Jacq! Haha you have a great list of reasons and I agree with all of them. Especially with the ability to say no. At least having the financial freedom to do so sounds awesome to me. ;-)