Finding Happiness in a Quest to be Better

Satisfaction in Knowledge
I like being happy.  Who doesn’t?  But I find that I’m most naturally happy when I challenge myself to excel in areas that make me a better, well-rounded person.  Continually striving to be better gives me an existential happiness.  When I’m not engaged in challenging myself professionally, personally or in my relationships with other people, I’m not as happy as when I am.   Learning makes me happy.  It’s not empty happiness either.  It’s the kind of fulfilled happiness that comes from turning potential into reality.  And the technologies I’ve used to expand my knowledge base take many forms too.