Catherine Lacey Explores Self and Happiness in Rate Your Happiness
Catherine Lacey Explores Self and Happiness in Rate Your Happiness
A deep dive into Catherine Lacey's new story 'Rate Your Happiness' and its meditation on decision, failure, and meaning.
Readers are getting a closer look at Catherine Lacey's latest story, Rate Your Happiness, through a feature that pairs analysis with a live reading. The piece examines how a life can be measured by small decisions, quiet misfires, and the steady drift of daily motion.
One excerpt highlights a central tension: How natural it is to fail, to fail to decide, to remain in meaningless motion. The story probes how people navigate selfhood when certainty feels out of reach and happiness feels like a moving target.
The reading and discussions accompany the April 13, 2026 issue, inviting readers to consider what happiness means when life moves at a cautious pace. The work invites us to slow down, reflect, and question how we rate our own moments of joy.
