would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a musician in Netherlands

1 stranger working as musician in Netherlands have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 41% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 49% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
8.6h/ night
sleep
28h/ week
free time
$4,920/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade41%
would not trade49%
unsure10%

70 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful6
  • chaotic4
  • exhausting3
  • meaningful3
  • stressful3
  • inspiring2

one musician in Netherlands 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 musicians in Netherlands, 70 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 41% would trade, 49% would not, 10% are unsure.

compared with musicians worldwide, musicians in Netherlands are less happy by 1.6 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.8 points, and less envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Netherlands, musicians in Netherlands are less stressed by 0.5 points and more envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all musicians globally
    happiness -1.6stress +0.8would-trade -11.0pp
  • vs all lives in Netherlands
    happiness +0.3stress -0.5would-trade +6.0pp

fragments