LZ: How do you gauge if a life change will actually make you happier? LZ: I wish i had the answer to that question at large, because it would mean that am, you know, i could forecast everyone's future. LZ: People get it wrong often how a change is going to affect them. We cannot go in with too much confidence about it either being positive or negative,. There will inevitably be aspects of the change experience that surprise you in some way.