Are you happier now than in 2007?

MadsL

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/irish-as-happy-as-during-celtic-tiger-research-finds-1.1521324

The recession has barely affected Irish people’s sense of well-being, an international survey has suggested.
The World Happiness Report ranks Ireland 18th in the world with an average happiness score of 7.076 (out of 10) for the years 2010 to 2012.
This is just 0.068 less than the score of 7.144 recorded for the years 2005 to 2007 at the time when the Celtic Tiger was at its height

Are you happier now than then?

Mickey H

With some things, yes. With others, the same.

FearDark

No. I'm broke.

Sauve

I'm infinitely happier now. In a weird way, the recession is kinda to blame for it too.
It messed up all my plans and turned life on its' head.
Thanks be to the baby jaysus it did

The Backwards Man

I was always happy.

Not like six out of seven dwarves.

Stole your joke Whoopsy

Cee-Jay-Cee

I'm happier now but it has fugg all to do with money/recession or otherwise. I now have two daughters that I didn't have then. That is the source of my happiness.

Artful_Badger

Irish people dont know what happiness is, they only know varying degrees of misery. I was less miserable back then because I had money, went out, bought stuff and got laid. Which kept me busy.

MadsL

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I was always happy.

Not like six out of seven dwarves.

Stole your joke Whoopsy

Which one was the pisshead again?

MadsL

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Irish people dont know what happiness is, they only know varying degrees of misery. I was less miserable back then because I had money, went out, bought stuff and got laid. Which kept me busy.

...and now? Not so much?

KERSPLAT!

Happier New job and back in college, everything's going great!

Artful_Badger

MadsL wrote: »

...and now? Not so much?

Got no money, dont go out so dont get laid

The Backwards Man

MadsL wrote: »

Which one was the pisshead again?

The one who went into the wrong hotel on the way home and was adamant he was in the right place

Weevil

Isn't happiness a form of ignorance?

However, I do suffer from occasional bouts of well-being.

Norwesterner

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Got no money, dont go out so dont get laid

Seek similar.

MadsL

Norwesterner wrote: »

Seek similar.

Flirtar

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Weevil

I've just read the article and am almost convinced we live in a Kurt Vonnegut dystopia. Apparently we're 'performing' well in 'happiness'!

The performance of Ireland is in marked contrast to that of the other so-called PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) who are all singled out as having experienced a dramatic fall in happiness since the Eurozone crisis blew up

The Irish Times: The Paper of Record.

MadsL

The performance of Ireland is in marked contrast to that of the other so-called PIIGS

Clearly some PIIGS are not happy in sh.te...



I'll get me coat.

Weevil

MadsL wrote: »

Clearly some PIIGS are not happy in sh.te...



I'll get me coat.

I thought you had.

Sofiztikated

I'm pretty good now.

I'm married to a wonderful woman (yeah, yeah, whatever.) We were going out back then, but yeah.
I'm a home owner. I have my little corner that I can carve my mark on. I know home ownership isn't all it's cracked up to be, but it's mine. (Well, the banks for another 27 years, but you get my point. It's manageable.)
I'm getting paid more now than I was in 2007. Still not enough, mind you, but whatever.

I don't like my job. I want to change. I don't particularly know what to, or if a change in location would help. But I know it's the same shít, different bucket.

So yeah.

NegativeCreep

Happier because of college. It's so much better than school although, I loved school too.
I don't have to worry about getting a job just yet but when I do, it'll be interesting to see if I can sustain this happiness even with this job shortage!

Kettleson

Well we are all still alive and that's pretty cool in my book. Pretty damn cool.

ArnoldJRimmer

Yep, in 2007 I may have been a few stone lighter, and more carefree. But I was pretty broke, paying high rent for a shoebox, wasn't really going anywhere with work, couldn't get laid, and had low confidence

Now, I'm comfortable financially, have a nice place, absolutely flying in work, don't care about the fact that I can't get laid, and am pretty happy with life

ONeill2013

I was in the middle of high school with anxiety problems just starting so i was a bit happier then than now, at least i was in school then, now I face unemployment.

April O Neill

Much happier now - learned how to live with depression in the last few years. My quality of life has increased dramatically because of this. :cool:

April O Neill

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Irish people dont know what happiness is, they only know varying degrees of misery.

Speak for yourself.

smellmepower

Nope,at least back then I had some slight hope for my future.

I was also still optimistic that when I finally got the courage to seek help for my anxiety and depression that life would get better.

It didn't.

Sleepy

Good idea for a thread... 2007 is an interesting one for me to contrast against. In real terms, my take-home pay still hasn't reached the level it was at then and I didn't have a family to support so I was far, far better off financially than I am now. I took 3 holidays that years (skiing in Austria, the bull-run in Pamplona, a tour of central Europe and had more than a few weekend breaks. I was far fitter and saw far more of my friends. I met my wife in October 2007 and we had our daughter the following October just as the recession was starting to bite.

Since then I've had salary cuts and increased taxes, lost a job, had to commute to the UK for 6 months to keep a roof over my family's head and finally found work back in Ireland at a rather lower salary than I had in 2007. My wife had to give up her job when our daughter was born as childcare costs were too high to justify her working. So, while my family have contributed to me being far happier with the emotional side of my life, that's come hand-in-glove with some fairly serious financial pressures that I never had before 2008.

Of course I miss the regular nights out, the holidays, the gym membership, the gadgets I could afford to buy without too much financial strain but far, far more than that, I miss not having to worry so much about money. Without the financial stresses of the recession, my answer to your question would be an unequivocal "yes". My family life is far more satisfying than the material stuff I had then but the stress caused by the difficulty of supporting a family on a single, modest enough salary is taking it's toll too.

Ush1

My ambition leaving college was to have a 1 bed apartment, then cue recession..... I have bought a 4 bed semi for less at the end of last year.:)

ThunderCat

In 2007 I was with the love of my life, and now I am not

Only joking, she was a cnut - I'm happier now.

btw 2007 was soooooo last year.

GonzalezT1000

MadsL wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/irish-as-happy-as-during-celtic-tiger-research-finds-1.1521324



Are you happier now than then?

Overall yes I'm happier.

Lollipops23

I'm happier because I've grown up a lot in those 6 years...it means I'm a lot less willing to put up with some stuff I would have in the past.

It's been a fun 6 years...:D

MadsL

Interesting result so far, the happiness index seems very much to favour 2013. I'm surprised.

My happiest year was 2012. 2003 and 2007 were my worst. So 2013 is definitely much happier than 2007 but 2012 is still the bestest.

xgwishyx

In 2007 I was depressed, in a going-nowhere job, living in a dingy basement flat and watching all my friends move onto bigger and better.

In 2013 I am happy, doing a job I'm passionate about, living in a gorgeous, bright apartment, have a wonderful partner and friends whom I adore and admire in equal measure.

So yup, I'm happy

Advice to others, nothing will change unless you change it.

MonaPizza

MadsL wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/irish-as-happy-as-during-celtic-tiger-research-finds-1.1521324




Are you happier now than then?

No, I'm 6 years fcuking older and it shows!

MadsL

MonaPizza wrote: »

No, I'm 6 years fcuking older and it shows!

Age is just a number, Grasshopper.

efb

Yes, I think

gugleguy

2007 - Windows Vista

If you've read my post here were you ever happy with using windows vista like all the actors were in the microsoft adverts at the time;

2013 windows 8 - awkward interface to learn coming from windows 8

I am happy with the speed of windows 8 tho

MadsL

gugleguy wrote: »

2007 - Windows Vista

Kill it. Kill it with fire.






....is it dead? I'm not posting till it is dead.

Extra happy now, although I would be the type to optimistic so I wasn't exactly unhappy in 2007, its just that it so much better now I meet and married a wonderfully man, moved to some were I always waited to, a lovely house overlooking the sea, in 2007 my youngest was going through some teenage funk and that was very difficult now she is grown up and doing her own thing and is a much more happy and nicer person. So yeah it much better in 2013 than 2007. Sad thing is that my mother is in a nursing home and in 2007 she was still flying it and well able to look after herself, thats life though.