"I want to have a different kind of perfect day where i do interact with people more, and maybe spend more time just helping people," says the author. "In a perfect day, i would stick in a few completely selfish, hedonic pleasures", she adds. 'There's no huge difference between what i want in a perfect day versus what i want to want,' writes James Carville. He also asks: What is preventing me from getting closer to that ideal?