Five things that would have made the person happier. I wish i had stayed in touch with my friends. And number five, i wish that i had let myself be happier. What do you think that means? It sounds like somebody of that that ilk saying, if only i had done what i wanted to and followed my impulses then i would have been happier. This does seem like if they did this in america, and an american nurse wrote it, i would think that these five would be among the most common. As nilive points out, they are the cles cliceye. They do seem very western, because they're kind of about the individual jes about it