Everybody wants happiness. Everyone on this planet has been chasing it throughout their life. Why is so hard to be gratified ? Either it could be that the bar rises every time you be there or its about the compromises you have to make.
Most us have to compromise on something when you want to achieve something else. It could be family vs a strong career path, or it could be your salaried job which pays your bills vs the spiritual path you want to take.
We all have buckets which we fill in with our check-list to make ourself happy. which might include travelling, gadgets, helping others, staying fit, solid career, caring family, relationships etc.
As someone who likes to see stuffs organised, I was trying to model the above broad categories, to make it easier to prioritise and distribute the focus.
I myself named it, the isosceles model, where the whole broad categories are classified into three sides of an isosceles triangle— Career, Relationships and your Identity.
Some has the base of the triangle as career or relationships, where the other two are built on and some might not even need not have a ‘base’, with everything of same priority.
Some can compose themselves to have all these three tuned to one grand vision and some live these as parallel lives to have ups and downs in each of the sides.
It’s best to realise our base (or confirm you don’t need one), evaluate each of your needs and make sure to have a good balance against each of these sides.
Nonetheless, as humans, its essentials that needs and desires on each side is well fed for us to remain contented and be so called `happy`.