would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a writer in Ireland

1 stranger working as writer in Ireland have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 4.0 / 10. 59% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 20% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
6.0/ 10
happiness
4.0/ 10
stress
7.7h/ night
sleep
34h/ week
free time
$2,226/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade59%
would not trade20%
unsure21%

66 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful6
  • inspiring5
  • meaningful4
  • enviable3
  • stable2
  • chaotic1

one writer in Ireland 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 Ireland, 66 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 59% would trade, 20% would not, 21% are unsure.

compared with writers worldwide, writers in Ireland are less stressed by 0.8 points.

compared with everyone else in Ireland, writers in Ireland are less stressed by 2.3 points and more envied by 18 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all writers globally
    happiness -0.3stress -0.8would-trade +1.0pp
  • vs all lives in Ireland
    happiness +0.3stress -2.3would-trade +18.0pp

fragments