contentedness

[gregs656]

Whilst I was shaving today, I was thinking about what makes people content.

It's quite a difficult question for me to answer, and I'm tying my self in knots trying to write and answer.

I think, for now, I will say I am someone who is easily contented. Once I have settled into something, it will always make me happy. The same foods, the same drinks, my motorcycle, my razors etc etc.

For some people, it seems they never settle. Does that mean they are not really sure what they are looking for? Or that change it's self makes them content? I guess that would depend on what drives them to change.

It's all a bit deep, but I'd like your thoughts!

[Oglethorpe]

I like change a lot. Girlfriend gets a haircut and changes her haircolor? YES! New girlfriend!

I like new razors, new soaps, new creams, trying new things. I like new cars, trying new beers, scotches, wines, visiting new places, trying new foods from new ethnicities that I hadn't tried before.

It's the pursuit that makes me happy!

[chee16]

I like change a lot. Girlfriend gets a haircut and changes her haircolor? YES! New girlfriend!

I like new razors, new soaps, new creams, trying new things. I like new cars, trying new beers, scotches, wines, visiting new places, trying new foods from new ethnicities that I hadn't tried before.

It's the pursuit that makes me happy!

Exactly! my g/f just went back to her natural color and man it was awsome. i am definitely someone who is always looking to try something new, but i will admit that a lot of the new things i do are very minor, though not to me. basically i don 't change my job constantly or have any plans to look for a new g/f (mine is amazing) but i love to build things that i have never built before, or take things apart that i have never seen the insides of. i have always been like this though. being content can be so many different things for me that it makes it really hard to describe, but i know when i have it, thats for sure.

[thebigspendur]

I don't think of contented as being the same as happy. To me contented just means everythink is OK kind of mediocre and there are no problems. Its kind of like buying a new car and getting a Chevy when you wanted a cadillac. The Chevy is OK, your contented with it but you would be happy with the cadillac.

To be truly happy means everything is going great. The way you feel when you buy that new two band Plisson brush and a new Livi razor with ivory scales.

[Quick Orange]

I don't think of contented as being the same as happy. To me contented just means everythink is OK kind of mediocre and there are no problems. Its kind of like buying a new car and getting a Chevy when you wanted a cadillac. The Chevy is OK, your contented with it but you would be happy with the cadillac.

To be truly happy means everything is going great. The way you feel when you buy that new two band Plisson brush and a new Livi razor with ivory scales.

That's how I feel about being content. Content is just another word for "good enough".

I'm content when I have minimal worries. The bills are paid, I don't fear for my wife's safety, I've got a job. It approaches happiness, but it's certainly in the contented range.

[gregs656]

That's how I feel about being content. Content is just another word for "good enough".

I don't really agree with that. To me, content is being happy with what you have. To be able to sit down at the end of the day and be satisfied with what you have, not wanting the 'better' anything.

You don't need to be content to be happy, but I think I would need to be happy to be content.

The answers so far don't surprise me, though.