 Many people think they have to follow some life script to be happy, have lots of friends, go to a prestigious school, get married, and have kids. This mindset can be toxic. Introverts especially suffer from this mindset since many would rather keep to themselves and feel pressured to be extroverted. For some people, happiness means having a family. For others, happiness is obtained through mastering new skills like drawing or writing. One consistent theme in happiness research is that your choices and behaviors have significant effects on your well-being. In short, it means we can choose to be happy without having access to things or meeting specific goals. Not being extroverted doesn't mean you're incapable of achieving happiness, it just means you have a different definition of what happiness is. Ultimately, there is no clear cut path to happiness and that is because everyone's definition of happiness can differ. If hanging with friends or reading a good book makes you happy then by all means go for it. But if you're trying to follow some life script and it's making you miserable, it's time to rip up the script and follow your path towards achieving happiness and take care.