would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a writer in Canada

1 stranger working as writer in Canada have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 63% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 23% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
7.4h/ night
sleep
39h/ week
free time
$2,846/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade63%
would not trade23%
unsure14%

35 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful5
  • inspiring2
  • chaotic1
  • depressing1
  • exhausting1
  • lonely1

one writer in Canada 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 writers in Canada, 35 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 63% would trade, 23% would not, 14% are unsure.

compared with writers worldwide, writers in Canada are happier by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.3 points, and more envied by 5 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Canada, writers in Canada are happier by 0.6 points on the 1–10 scale and more envied by 10 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all writers globally
    happiness +0.8stress +1.3would-trade +5.0pp
  • vs all lives in Canada
    happiness +0.6stress -0.1would-trade +10.0pp

fragments