Storizen Magazine June 2018 Issue Storizen Magazine June 2018 Issue | Page 28

ARE YOU
HAPPY
NOW
.
.
.
?
STEVEN MATTHEW ADAMS
t’s a very simple question,
and yet, most people tend
to have a less-than-simple
answer. In modern
society, given all that
we’ve achieved in making
many aspects of our lives
presumably easier or more
convenient, it’s difficult to
say that people are, on
average, notably happier
than at other points in
human history. One could
potentially argue that we
have an even more
challenging time both
becoming and remaining
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happy than ever
before as many of our
lives are built upon
the ethos of
struggling
now in order to be
potentially happy at
some point in the
future. This is clearly
absurd as we are not
guaranteed any time at
all but this very
moment. It’s
impossible to ignore
the tragic irony that
while our quality of life
has seemingly
improved, the quality
of our living has
been simultaneously
deteriorating.
Such were the kinds
of existential
musings that began
to preoccupy my time
in the months leading
up to the point when
I began to write my
first book, On The
Way (itself a
practical guide to
cultivating
sustainable
happiness).
Ironically, although
JUNE 2018