The only way to be happy from your career is to get paid for what brings you joy. If your current job doesn't bring you joy, ask yourself what brings you joy, and make that your job. Maybe it's music. Maybe it's dance. Maybe it's walking in nature. Maybe it's painting Warhammer figures. Whatever it is, just figure out how you can get paid enough to do it that you can live off that. That may not lead to a big fat retirement account, or a boat, or even a house, but it will certainly get you on a path to happiness. It's the things we do and the relationships we cultivate that bring happiness. Not the things we have or can get.

This is probably the best time in history to be connected to people around the world who will pay you to do whatever it is you love to do. All you have to do is connect the dots.