-Happiness is not the ultimate pursuit for the wayward person, fulfillment is. Sometimes one must sacrifice happiness to gain fulfillment.

This turned on a light bulb for me, so I really appreciate you sharing your point of view. Specifically, I feel that it helps a lot with my issue of having analysis paralysis to frame things in terms of fulfillment rather than happiness.

I will try to come up with some innoculations of my own going forward.