What is “living the life?” Whatever happiness truly is; whatever “living the life” really is, there are many people pursuing it and there are many people failing in that pursuit. Statistics estimate that there are nearly 20 million depressed people in America. That statistic is not surprising considering 35,000 Americans commit suicide every year. That is approximately 95 people a day. In the first two chapters of Ecclesiastes, Solomon is going to illustrate this overarching statement (that it is all vanity) by detailing for us at least six areas of life that do not bring happiness.