would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a barista in Philippines

1 stranger working as barista in Philippines have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 70% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 17% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
6h/ night
sleep
16h/ week
free time
$195/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade70%
would not trade17%
unsure13%

117 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • enviable8
  • lonely8
  • meaningful8
  • inspiring4
  • stable4
  • stressful3

one barista in Philippines has shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with baristas in Philippines, 117 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 70% would trade, 17% would not, 13% are unsure.

compared with everyone else in Philippines, baristas in Philippines are happier by 2.0 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.4 points, and more envied by 24 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all lives in Philippines
    happiness +2.0stress -1.4would-trade +24.0pp

fragments