This may sound rude, but even though I make money and date women, I still feel a sense of emptiness—...

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This may sound rude, but even though I make money and date women, I still feel a sense of emptiness—or perhaps dissatisfaction. Those of you with more life experience, what do you think ultimately brings happiness?

なーんちゃってファーマー · Answer

What do you mean by “ultimately”?

The question itself doesn’t really make sense. Do you mean something like, “Ah, my life was happy,” as you’re lying on your deathbed?

Just from reading your question, I’m sorry to say, but it’s immediately clear that you’re unable to step back and objectively assess your own actions, feelings, or how you respond to what others say or do to you.

A sense of happiness is completely subjective, isn’t it?

For me, stopping by the supermarket on my way home from work and thinking, “I feel like having a drink today—maybe something to snack on,” then finding some reasonably nice sashimi marked down is enough to make me extremely happy.

But I assume you wouldn’t find happiness in something like that.

And no, I’m not telling you that you should feel happy whenever you find a good discounted item at the supermarket. As I said, happiness is ultimately subjective.

First, try to develop the ability to step back and objectively observe your own actions and inner feelings. Once you do, you may begin to see what’s causing you to feel that your heart isn’t fulfilled.

茉莉花 · Answer

I think it would be good to volunteer in a hands-on way.

And if you have money to spare, people will appreciate it even more if you use it to support the cause.

Also, take my word for it and try working out until you get muscular. Nobody has anything negative to say about a muscular guy.

Marika

ジョー・ルビコン · Answer

Masturbating in public is a crime.

Fuu · Answer

Happiness lies within your own heart.

There are people who are happy even when they’re poor or living in difficult circumstances...

It seems the only way is to find it for yourself—and learn to feel it.

カズ · Answer

I think it’s only natural that neither making money nor dating someone of the opposite sex is satisfying in itself, since both are merely processes.

People find a sense of happiness in different things that happen along the way. There’s probably little point in asking what makes someone else feel happy.

As for the meaning of life or what happiness is, I think those are things each person discovers as they grow—especially during adolescence. You have to keep searching through self-reflection and trial and error.

伊達◎ゆめ · Answer

There’s no such thing as ultimate happiness.

I believe life is about continuing to pursue things more passionately and deeply—for yourself and for the world around you.

People often call it a “rat race,” but, well, humans are living creatures too, so I suppose that’s just how it is.

シアトル · Answer

It’s incredibly rewarding to focus all your support on one person and devote yourself to her until she tells you things like, “I couldn’t live without you,” “Meeting you truly changed my life,” or even, “I love you—please marry me.”

There’s no point dying with money left over, so I want to spend the rest of my life showering my PJ with money, being thanked for it, and then die happy. That’s my ultimate goal—and my hobby right now.

マックさん · Answer

Your approach to relationships is probably pretty shallow.

You should have experiences that go much deeper—enough to shatter your worldview and leave it scorched earth. You’ll become addicted to it.

This is a place where you can have that kind of experience with money. Keep working at it.

紙ひこうき · Answer

A small moment of happiness is when my wife, who usually bombards me with negative comments, asks me to fix something, and after I repair it right away and say, “Go ahead and check it,” she surprisingly responds obediently, “Okay,” and eagerly goes to take a look.

Sometimes my daughter or son comes home and says, “Let’s go out to eat!” Then my son says, “I want something expensive.”  
“Wait, expensive?”  
“Something warm.”  
What a relief…

I feel that we can also find a lot of happiness through the connections and interactions we have with people at the club.

But unless you have that feeling of being happy when the person in front of you is pleased, you may find yourself feeling less and less happiness as the years go by.

After all, the things you want to do and the things you want to have gradually disappear with age…

What we really want to see is the younger people around us thriving and enjoying themselves, isn’t it?

前澤 · Answer

Thanks for the question. Maezawa will answer too.

Somehow, it sounds like being the person you were before reincarnating in one of those popular reincarnation anime.

If you were reincarnated, you might be able to live a satisfying life in your new world.

Of course, sometimes you reincarnate as a “sword” or a “vending machine,” meaning you don’t even become a living creature.

But most of the time, you’re reincarnated as a human—like in Saga of Tanya the Evil…

Though I also feel that you might change again without reincarnating, simply by joining Otokojuku.

It’s also important to know when you have enough.

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