Ugh how much longer do i have to sit here . Im just gonna do it. Im shut up. Stop talking pee my pants in your brain they wont even know. Bears, beets, battlestar galactica. Oh, my god, can we please literally go anywhere else . Silence the chatter. Bjork, bjork, bjork. Shut up, brain shut up gah [nicky blitz blast off] getting too close, better pull on back what if i travel the world, exploring what makes some places happier than others . Need a onetwo im looking at the ways that where we are. Yeah, im acomin, im acomin affect who we are. Whoo, im acomin im acomin, yeah its been said that the search for happiness is the chief source of unhappiness. Im acomin, im acomin well, thats okay. Im already unhappy, so ive got nothing to lose. Lets blast off lets blast off blast off [upbeat music] oh, man, this view is insane. Chiang mai, thailands rose of the north, a 700yearold holy city boasting 300 buddhist temples, and. You want to get massaged by an excon . I know just the place. Where th
Thank you. Very excited. Were gonna go talk to people about happiness. Oh, oh, beautiful. You guys are going to like it. Are we gonna find some happiness here . Of course. Yeah . I can feel it. Ok. Trust me. [chuckles] [horns honking] if the point of this journey is to find happiness, i need to force myself out of my comfort zone. So im visiting one of the statistically most optimistic countries on earth. This place is an avalanche of smiles and cheeriness. Iwell, i cant get past the feeling that all this positivity is gonna be the end of me. [nicky blitz blast off] getting too close, better pull on back what if i travel the world, what if i travel the world, explain what makes some places happier than others . Im looking at the ways that where we are effect who we are. It has been said that [inaudible] is the chief force of unhappiness. Well, that is okay. Im already unhappy, so i have nothing left to lose. Holman le pen heres something you dont see every day. Beans, everywhere. I fou
We know a thing by its opposite. Hot Means Nothing without cold, and since im traveling the world to explore the nature of happiness and my own struggles to find it, i decide to visit an unhappy place. And if im going to do unhappy, i want somewhere that does it with panache and takes pride in its wallowing, somewhere full of beautiful expressions like, i dont want to feel good. I just want my neighbor to feel bad. [upbeat acoustic music] welcome to bulgaria. [nicky blitz blast off] getting too close, better pull on back what if i travel the world, exploring what makes some places happier than others . Need a onetwo. Im looking at the ways that where we are. Yeah, im acomin, im acomin affect who we are. Whoo, im acomin im acomin, yeah. Its been said that the search for happiness is the chief source of unhappiness. Im acomin, im acomin. Well, thats okay. Im already unhappy, so ive got nothing to lose. Lets go lets all blast off [projector humming] [upbeat music] where are we . Somewhere
[highpitched rewind whine] [projector humming] i grew up as a bigheaded baby in seattle, moved to nicaragua when i was three, made friends with parrots and sloths. Moved back to Washington State when i was five, learned to play the bassoon. Moved to illinois and joined the drama club, and eventually, i landed in los angeles as dunder mifflins assistant to the regional manager. Please welcome rainn wilson. Rainn wilson. Yet for all my success, my wife and son, whom i love, a nice house, people tattooing my face on their feet. [beeping, whirring] [sighs] youd think id be happier. [upbeat music] but like so many others, i struggle. To find fulfillment. Amy. To find true joy. I need to be honest with you all. Its just ive been going through a really hard time recently on a number of different levels, and ive been feeling a little bit low, a little bit less than, a little depressed and humbled and lost these days. And so ive churned through countless therapists and selfhelp books. Ive tried
- also guinea pigs. - also guinea pigs, ok. i m getting a theme going here. what else? but maybe it s much simpler than i m making it out to be. for inspiration, i ve turned to a particularly unfiltered bunch. ice cream and robots? ok, what else? - like, something like, something like a bird caucus. - like a bird caucus? - yeah! - i think a bird caucus sounds really interesting. i m not sure what that is. - [laughing] - i always say that! - [laughs] - oh, that made you happy! oh, my god, this is gonna be the greatest party ever. go! bird caucus? bird caucus. yeah. eureka! bird caucus. [nicky blitz blast off ] - getting too close, better pull on back - what if i travel the world, exploring what makes some places happier than others? - need a one-two.