By Steve Moran
We have more conveniences than any generation in history. Phones, wearables, self-driving cars, drugs that help us lose weight, medicine that keeps us alive longer.
And yet the numbers are going the wrong way. Gallup found that 29% of U.S. adults say they have been diagnosed with depression at some point, up from 19.6% in 2015, and both figures are the highest Gallup has recorded. The Surgeon General reported that about half of American adults experienced measurable loneliness even before the pandemic. The U.S. ranks 23rd in the 2026 World Happiness Report, part of a decline that has lasted more than a decade.
Social media makes it worse. We crave more. We believe everyone else is doing better than we are. And at the end of the day, we are all posers, doing everything we can to act like all is well when it is not.
If you are one of those people who is truly happy all the time, skip this activity.
But if you find yourself feeling down, or alone, or unsupported, try this.
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