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Asked by anon-376607 on 28 Nov 2023.
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Amy Stockwell answered on 28 Nov 2023:
That is a very philosophical question. My answer is that I don’t know if there is a definitive answer.
From my experience it depends on the situation. Sometimes the journey to get to happiness involves doing some things that I don’t like – for example doing more exercise to get fitter. But other times the journey is what makes me happy.What do you think?
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Jonathan Allen answered on 29 Nov 2023:
I think the answer to that is very personal and depends on the situation. I find that I enjoy the journey very often – particularly when being a scientist and experimenting to find an answer to a tricky problem. Sometimes that can be frustrating, but when things ‘click’ it is very satisfying. But so is getting the final answer at the end and feeling rewarded for doing a good job. So, for me, happiness comes both during the journey and at the end, but I think it varies for everyone.
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Ian McKinley answered on 29 Nov 2023:
This is very personal but, for me, I feel very lucky to be happy most of the time. I have a good life and have achieved a lot. Today I am especially happy as it is a beautiful sunny day in the beautiful part of Switzerland that I live in. I’ve also just had a nice lunchtime beer with my beautiful wife (we’ve been married for almost 45 years). You could try to interpret this in terms of journeys, but maybe that is over-thinking the situation.
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Andrew Lyon answered on 29 Nov 2023:
This is a brilliant question and there different ways you can look at it.
I would say it’s about the journey rather than the destination. For example if the destination (or goal) is to get a new games console you would be very happy to have it. But that might be a very small part of the story. For example, if you needed to raise money to buy it you might do jobs to help people, save pocket money, learn a new skill or make new friends along the way.
Thinking about these sort of things may make you realise that you valued the journey and found it more rewarding than the destination.
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Octavia Brayley answered on 29 Nov 2023:
This is a really interesting question. I think happiness is perhaps valued differently from person to person. I personally value happiness because of the journey. Of course, there are overall goals and objectives that I also work towards because I think they will bring me happiness, but I don’t think I would want to achieve them if happiness wasn’t included in the journey. I also don’t know when my journey will end, so it’s much safer to ensure the journey is filled with happiness rather than focusing on the ending. But other people may interpret this question differently!
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