Why Can't People Be Happy

It's 2am. You have everything. So why do you feel empty?You did what you were told. You got the job, the partner, the apartment, the therapy app. You journal. You meditate. You're grateful.And you're still not happy.This book is not here to fix that.Why Can't People Be Happy shows you the conspiracy no one talks about: Your brain, your culture, and your own hope are working against your peace.Drawing on Albert Camus, the Tao Te Ching, the Bhagavad Gita, Thich Nhat Hanh, and modern psychology, this is a brutal, funny, and liberating look at why happiness was never the point.Inside, you'll discover:-Why your brain was designed to keep you alive, not happy - and how to stop taking its advice-The "tax" of civilization: how anxiety is the price you pay to live in a house-Why comparison is not a flaw - it's a feature of being human in 2026-The Gita's forbidden truth: You have no right to the outcome. Only the action-Hanh's dish-washing secret: The present moment is not peaceful. It's all you have-Why "When I get X, then I'll be happy" is the most lethal sentence you own-How to trade Purpose for Presence and stop living in the trailer for your lifeThis is not self-help. There are no morning routines. No affirmations. No 10 steps.Instead, you'll get 7 "Un-Happiness Experiments" - small acts of rebellion against the need to be okay. Burn your when-then list. Do one task with one breath. Plan to fail small.If you're fine being miserable, you might accidentally enjoy being alive.For readers of Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris, The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, and anyone who has ever laid awake asking "Why can't I just be happy?"You weren't promised happiness. You were given aliveness. That's better.Stop imagining Sisyphus happy. Go push something.