Notes about meaning of life, happiness and disappointment (Part I) These days I more often thought about what meaning of life is. Certainly there isn't general answer on this question because for every person the answer will be differed. For some people the meaning of life it's family, for others it's money, for someone else it's pleasure. I think it's really important every person to give answer this question, because living their lives depends on it. I think meaning of life must be closely related to notion of happiness. Those things which make you feel happy and satisfied should be the main things on which be based your meaning of life. I consider things which make you happy must be refer to different areas of your life: to your job, your private life, your hobbies because if you focus only on one thing you will feel unhappy in others. Human life is many-sided so it's practically impossible to you feel happy if you have succeeded just in one thing. For example, if you work hard all the time you may get a high position in your company, but you won't have enough time for your private life and hobbies. So one day you will ask yourself for what I have reached everything what I have and you might realize that it's not exactly what you wanted because actually you wanted something completely different, for example, to have a big family, but now you have no wife and no children. It may turn out that you just aren't ready to this, but there is no turning back. I'm not trying to say everyone should get married and have kids, I'm trying to say you should imagine and think about your potential future if you want its not to be a surprise for you. Another point is you should deal with those things which make you happy long term. For this reason it doesn't make sense to have any bad habits such as smoking, taking drugs, drinking a lot of alcohol or something like this, because sooner or later satisfaction in that will be replaced by suffering. You should guard against those things which destruct you because as a result you will get a lot of problem which will make your life miserable. So it would be a good option to choose constructive things aimed at self-development and self-improvement like concern for your health, care for your family, improvement your human and mental qualities and so on. Also it would be ideal to choose those things in which you are sure and which will never get bored to you. One day it'll help you to avoid disappointment and not fall into trap in which you would feel that all your life was just a mistake.