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Work · December 31, 2011

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My Weekend Project, Satismetrics. What makes you happy?

I initially started Satismetrics to solve a problem I had, and I’d like to find out if others could also benefit from a product/service like this: http://satismetrics.com Short Version: send your happiness as a score by email (comments optional) whenever you like, data collected for you to analyse. Long Version (with background): My happiness fluctuates massively week-by-week; sometimes it’s silly little things that can make me unhappy for days, and sometimes when I get in the office and I’m happy, I forget what made me happy in the first place! I started writing down what made me happy, or…

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I initially started Satismetrics to solve a problem I had, and I’d like to find out if others could also benefit from a product/service like this: http://satismetrics.com Short Version: send your happiness as a score by email (comments optional) whenever you like, data collected for you to analyse. Long Version (with background): My happiness fluctuates massively week-by-week; sometimes it’s silly little things that can make me unhappy for days, and sometimes when I get in the office and I’m happy, I forget what made me happy in the first place! I started writing down what made me happy, or unhappy, and when. Happy things for me include motivational songs coming on the radio, a compliment from a colleague, excitement about seeing an old friend later on, etc. Unhappy things for me often include unrealistic deadlines being set, team members being lamented for no good reason, some bad news on TV, etc. My aim in writing these things down was to be able to become happy again when I get sad. From my ratings, I can quickly find out what song to play or what inspirational article to re-read or video to re-watch, and it does work! I’m magically happy again. I think lots of people do this already, but they probably have a better memory than me! It’s all about aiming to prevent/avoid things which previously made me unhappy, and do more of the things that previously made me feel happy. I can also identify if I need to make a change in my life. By tracking my happiness every day (sometimes multiple times per day) I’ve been able to make some pretty big decisions such as changing city and job, moving nearer to my old friends. Not only do I reckon I feel happier overall, but I can now see it as a metric and justify my decisions on paper. I’d love to get some feedback from the HN community, to find out if anyone else shares my problem and would be interested in joining my private beta in January. Some quick things to point out: 1) I’ve only just found a similar site by Googling a few keywords, but it looks more like a research project. 2) I’m not crazy about the name. 3) At this point I’m simply aiming to validate an idea, and I'd love your feedback, good and bad. Thanks in advance!

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