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To be happy is to be content with what you have. You don’t expect more. You don’t want more.

So to know if you’re happy or not, you would first have to know how much you want. To that end I’ve identified a few areas that need to be fulfilled to achieve an environment where happiness can thrive. This environment won’t give you happiness, but it will remove your worries so you have the chance to achieve that happiness.

It’s hard to define it all at once so I’ve divided it into sections that can be focused on one at a time.

1. Physical Environment

Inner. Body, health.

Outer. Where you live. Hills? City? Island? Big house? Small house? Mansion?

2. Social Environment

Inner. What kind of person you are. Do you enjoy having people over?

Outer. How many people do you meet everyday? How many friends do you invite over?

3. Emotional Environment

Inner. How you deal with your own emotions. Are you calm? Easily angered?

Outer. When you interact with your friends and family, what’s the level of emotional intimacy? Do you express everything loudly? Or do you tease each other a lot? Do you want to keep the parent-child divide?

4. Intellectual Environment

Inner. Do you challenge yourself intellectually? Always look for the meaning behind things?

Outer. Do situations arise that stimulate your mind?

5. Spiritual Environment

Inner. What level of awareness you’re at. How you feel spiritually.

Outer. What those around you are doing spiritually. The level of encouragement or discouragement from community.

I’ll spend some time writing up about each environment. What do I mean? How does it help us thrive?

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