The mechanic can help us cut through procrastination and over-complicated thinking. Wanting to be happier can seem daunting but the mechanic might help us keep it simple – address what you can within your immediate area of concern and control, implement science-based ways of improving well-being (kindness, gratitude, savoring/joy, relationships, mindfulness), be disciplined in establishing consistent habits.

The gardener then understands that happiness takes time to cultivate. And that there are many factors at play in our inner and outer environment. But if we sow appropriately, provide necessary water and fertilising, learn to work with the “environment” of our lives, then a fertile productive happiness will result.