Martha Stewart: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

The question

What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

Originally asked

Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Martha Stewart

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A verdant landscape filled with beautiful animals of all kinds, harp music, cumulus clouds in a bright-blue sky, and happy people conversing pleasantly, sipping cold sake from homemade bamboo cups.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2009 source ↗

Others on this question

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Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Being grateful for what you have.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗

Jamie Lee Curtis

Knowing that each day I have lived wisely and loved well.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 April 2022 source ↗

Neil Patrick Harris Actor

Probably being granted all-access to a Disney theme park with my husband, David, and a group of close friends—and just us—while we wandered and drank tropical tiki drinks. No judgment, no lines, no bad weather, and no hangovers. Oh, and our twins would be there too, but only when they’re happy and meltdown-free. I guess the same would go for David.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 February 2015 source ↗

Derek Jeter

Being surrounded by friends and family.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2011 source ↗