I've tried for about two weeks to put into words what you wrote here. I've got a steady job, good income, and presently trying to decide which new car to buy... but still, not happy. When you say you don't think you know how to be happy, I know exactly what you mean. I've come to realize that everything I thought would make me happy (money, getting in shape, etc) only provide me with, like you said, a fleeting contentment. And then even worse is that I keep thinking of going back to school for a higher degree to make more money. Because more money will surely be the answer to happiness, right?

And please excuse me for babbling on here. I hope you don't mind a random stranger popping in but I was reading friends of friends pages and well, like I said, you summed up my thoughts rather nicely.