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After three decades researching human hope and happiness, I discovered a method you can use to measure your happiness. It’s based on this simple equation:
Hope ÷ Hunger = Happiness
This math formula — hope divided by hunger equals happiness — says that the more hopeful and less hungry you are, the happier you become.
When I say hungry, I don’t just mean you have a hunger for food. I’m saying you have a compelling desire or craving for:
- Inclusion and acknowledgment
- Intimacy and trusted companionship
- Food and comfort
- Information and answers
- Continuity and certainty
Hope, meanwhile, comes from:
- High self-esteem
- Robust human relationships
- A good sense of economic sufficiency
- Adequate knowledge
- Spiritual assurances
To measure hope and hunger — and therefore happiness — with this formula, I developed a questionnaire that identifies whether you’re languishing, flourishing, or functioning somewhere in between.
If you’re languishing, it means you’re overwhelmingly hungry, unhappy, and disconnected, with feelings of emptiness, low hope, and a hollow sense of purpose. You’re functioning at the lowest end of the wellbeing spectrum.
If you’re flourishing, on the other hand, it means you’re happy, full of hope, and functioning well emotionally and socially.
So if you can confidently make these six statements, you’re flourishing — living a happier, more hopeful life than most people:
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