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.
Taking an overnight train in Europe.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 January 2026 source ↗
Walking in my garden in England with my wife.
Floating on my back in the ocean.
Close friends, spectacular food, gorgeous weather, and interesting conversation!
The reaction of my family and me to our extraordinary good fortune is not guilt, but rather gratitude. Were we to use more than 1% of my claim checks on ourselves, neither our happiness nor our well-being would be enhanced. In contrast, that remaining 99% can have a huge effect on the health and welfare of others.
My children dying before me.
Using knowledge as a weapon.
Cycling around Martha’s Vineyard alone in the summer of 1976.
Craving the kind of success I pretend to despise.
Ina Garten, Donatella Versace, Vera Wang, Bobbi Brown, Martha Stewart, Warren Buffett
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