We wasted no time in diving deeper into some of the central questions and themes surrounding happiness and ongoing happiness research in Week 2 of Harvard’s “The Science and Application of Positive Psychology.”

While it may sound like a simple subject, let’s start with just a couple thought starters:

• Are you happy? Are you happy “enough”? Are you as happy as you want to be?

• If your definition of “success” was simply to be happy, how would you be doing?

• Should happiness be the main goal at all? What about the Zen idea of “transcending” happiness, rather than maximizing it?