# On a scale from 1-10, how happy are you with your life? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012 "2010-04-22T17:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/21 "2010-04-22T22:41:25Z")
Life is sweet šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/22 "2010-04-23T01:05:52Z")
6, because being on an upswing describes my life better than 7, everything in order. But emotionally, Iā€™d say Iā€™m a 9, although to outside observers, most would probably guess 3-4. Funny life. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/23 "2010-04-23T01:13:04Z")
Definitely an 8 - Iā€™m pretty happy with things, though I definitely donā€™t love them all. I guess itā€™s a pretty solid 8, too, since the misery that Iā€™m in with seasonal allergies right now didnā€™t make me push it down a few notches. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/24 "2010-04-23T01:18:13Z")
Mine goes to 11. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/25 "2010-04-23T01:23:49Z")
Last year around this time I would probably have said 3, but Iā€™ve worked my ass off to improve my situation and am tentatively sliding into contentment. Not too much though, because I still have a lot of hard work ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/26 "2010-04-23T01:24:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > We just did this, FTR, but for some reason I canā€™t find the thread. I thought so too. Hmm. I put ā€œ5ā€ because I finally got some cash flow going. A month ago we were barely hanging on. Hubby and I are supporting a family of seven (plus a baby) and itā€™s taking all weā€™ve got, financially and emotionally. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/27 "2010-04-23T01:42:54Z")
I chose 2, with days up into the 4-5 range. Money-wise, things are improving, my new job pays well, but it is very mentally stressful. I come home in the evening so totally exhausted mentally I am ready for bed by 7:30, 8 PM. I donā€™t enjoy much of anything. I donā€™t have any local friends to go anywhere with, and going to a movie or out to eat alone just isnā€™t all that much fun. I recently was forced to end a 20 year friendship with my best friend in the world, and just feel lost most of the time. What keeps me going? My dogs. Without my dogs, my ā€˜2ā€™ life would be in the negatives. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/28 "2010-04-23T02:27:55Z")
I see 2 others also chose a ā€œ1ā€. Anyone wanna get a support group going? Iā€™m inā€¦ maybe we can comisserate. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/29 "2010-04-23T03:17:18Z")
Hope things get better for you soon, **Astroboy**. I think my life is around an 8 right now. Once June swings around and I can take my vacation itā€™ll be a 10. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/30 "2010-04-23T04:16:03Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Hope things get better for you soon, **Astroboy**. Thanks. Iā€™ve actually been thinking of going back to Korea as I know I could get my old job teaching at Hanyang Univ. back. But I have a dogā€¦ canā€™t take him thereā€¦ canā€™t leave him here. Iā€™m kinda stuck at the moment. At least I still have a job here for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/31 "2010-04-23T12:30:12Z")
Probably a 9. Things are really good. I like my job and they seem to like me; family is healthy; money and savings are good; and itā€™s spring! There are a couple minor issues weā€™re working through with my daughter, but I think theyā€™re moving in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/32 "2010-04-23T13:01:58Z")
I put 5. I had a pretty shitty childhood that threw up some serious obstacles in my development as an adult. However, given what Iā€™ve been through, Iā€™m doing surprisingly well, even better than many people my age. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/33 "2010-04-23T13:09:22Z")
I put a 9, and somebody could probably call foul on that because Iā€™ve been pretty stressed about my job. But I still have it, and a nice place to live, and although I count my pennies, I have pennies to count. And I just celebrated 2 years with a great man and I turned 40 without looking it. So, yā€™know, bad stuff can happen but I have too many good things in my life to really complain on a kind of realistic level. All 6 senses (yes, 6) both arms & legs, and frequent, awesometastic sex. Sure, a million dollars would be nice - but itā€™s not necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/34 "2010-04-23T23:42:32Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I gave myself a 5. Normally it would be a 7, but itā€™s been a shit day, Iā€™m sleep-deprived, and therefore feel like the world is about to cave in around me. Okay, the world didnā€™t cave in. Iā€™m back to a 7 now. If I werenā€™t so neurotic Iā€™d give it a 9. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/35 "2010-04-24T00:08:35Z")
Eh, I guess Iā€™m around a 5. Iā€™m jobless and having very little luck even getting interviews, which is seriously screwing with my self-worth. BUT Iā€™m at home all day with my boyfriend (who works from home), he makes enough money to pay all of our bills, and Iā€™m helping him with some of the work so he has time for freelance projects for extra money, and thereā€™s a chance I can officially take over his job down the road, so itā€™s like training. Our home is consistently cleaner than it has been for months and I have spare time to take up a hobby, once I decide on one. Soā€¦ overall life is okay, but Iā€™m still trying to really believe that I truly AM contributing to our life and home, even if it isnā€™t financially. Not being able to contribute financially does suck, though. We have enough for our needs, but not really many wants. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/36 "2010-04-24T00:10:21Z")
I almost put one but I know things could be worse but I hope they donā€™t go there. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/37 "2010-04-24T00:21:36Z")
I put 8. I have a great wife, a wonderful 4-month old son we are learning to know, and a job that is both very high-paying and (for the moment, at least) very secure. In two weeks the company is flying our whole group ā€“ six people ā€“ from California to corporate headquarters in Amsterdam for a meeting with top management. The only reason it isnā€™t a 9 or higher is that I have some minor health issues that bother me. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/38 "2010-04-24T02:03:27Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I almost put one but I know things could be worse but I hope they donā€™t go there. I hope things get better for you soon. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/39 "2010-04-24T02:23:46Z")
> [@bup](#): > > 1. I feel trapped in many ways. My lifeā€™s a mess, and Iā€™m not seeing how things get better. Me, tooā€¦ ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012/40 "2010-04-24T03:17:15Z")
Five. I live right outside my very favorite city in the world, and Iā€™m paid well enough that I can have more or less anything I want. Unless I want work that matters, or the slightest prospect of a relationship that could allay the godawful loneliness of my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-10-how-happy-are-you-with-your-life/537012.md?page=3)