# everything you want **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-want/607947 "2011-12-31T14:56:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-want/607947/41 "2012-01-05T06:22:49Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > I wonder how these answers correlate with how happy people would rate themselves and how stable the ratings would be across each person’s life cycle. > > I’m guessing that, once basic needs are assured, the people who are ranking themselves as having only “some of” what they want or less will stay there no matter how much more stuff they get, and that those who are saying that they have “much” or “more” of what they want said close to the same thing when they had much much less than they have now.\ > > I think I’d have answered the same “almost everything” back when I had very very little stuff as I do now with many more toys. Really, once you are well fed, have a reliable roof over your head, something to do with your life that you enjoy and that you feel is important, are healthy, and are loved by people who you love, everything else is gravy at most. (As used to our own gravy as we each get.) I think you’re right - the only thing I feel is missing from my life is something meaningful to do with it. I could have bigger tvs and a nicer car, but that stuff doesn’t mean much - it is just _stuff_. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-want/607947/42 "2012-01-05T06:32:38Z")
I picked about half of what I want. I’m looking for work, and I’d like to replace my 16-year-old car, and would like to eventually buy a house/apartment and I’m thinking more and more about having kids. I have a loving husband and we are doing well enough financially. We both have our educations and no real debt, and things are going well with family and friends. I guess what I want now are (generally) life steps… I want to get out of “student-mode” and hit “adult” mode! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-want/607947/43 "2012-01-05T13:43:50Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > I picked about half of what I want. I’m looking for work, and I’d like to replace my 16-year-old car … There are times I’d like to replace my 16-year-old … but that would be another thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-want/607947.md?page=2)