trying to look good limits my life.

Please watch this excellent and funny Ted talk with Stefan Sagmeister: Yes, design can make you happy 
Thanks to the ever talented MR for the heads up about this designer. 



 
P.S. Stefan Sagmeister also closes his design studio for a full year every seven years to recharge, experiment. I can't quite wrap my head around that yet and so haven't watched this more recent talk with him here. Whoa.