would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a journalist in France

1 stranger working as journalist in France have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 66% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 24% 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
7h/ night
sleep
24h/ week
free time
$3,397/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade66%
would not trade24%
unsure10%

84 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • chaotic5
  • enviable5
  • depressing4
  • stable4
  • inspiring3
  • lonely2

one journalist in France 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 journalists in France, 84 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 66% would trade, 24% would not, 10% are unsure.

compared with journalists worldwide, journalists in France are happier by 0.7 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.7 points, and more envied by 21 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in France, journalists in France are happier by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 0.5 points, and more envied by 12 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all journalists globally
    happiness +0.7stress -1.7would-trade +21.0pp
  • vs all lives in France
    happiness +1.2stress -0.5would-trade +12.0pp

fragments