What is the best way to live a happy and successful life?

Different for everyone, but for most people having friends and family you love and are loved by, and spending a good amount of time with them.

Set goals.

keep progressing. everyone i know that is miserable has remained stagnant for too long. always be moving forward in life.

>>17930481
what if I am moving forward but it takes time and other people seem to achieved so much more and have much more interesting lives
t. 23 and bitter

>>17930337
Have a clearly defined goal that agrees with your personal values.
Employ a well organized and effective strategy for pursuing that goal, which also agrees with your personal values.
Eat well, sleep well, exercise well.

>>17930507
This guy got it
Goalsfriends and family.
Will add don't lie to yourself. Lie to others for gain but never yourself

>>17930337
Die.

>>17930337
Not focusing on living a happy and successful life. Just follow your goals, if you don't have any, find them. Make sure it's shit related to YOU and not some meme forced from the outside.

>>17930337

decidign what you want to do now, thinking about what you'll need in the future, and splitting the difference.

also, being reasonable.

want to be a filmmaker? great, but dont insist the only way to be one is to be a studio funded director (they dont get much choice in their projects anyways, being forced into reboots and capeshit).

want to be an artist? fine, but dont act like the only way to do that is to support yourself by painting.

wahtever you want to do, realize that you can do it in your spare time.