Live like a cat, self-determined and free: Who wouldn't want that? Cats are mysterious, gentle, wild, epicurean and unpredictable. How much can we learn for our happiness from them? Cats instinctively live according to the criteria of happiness research: they devote themselves to the moment, enjoy the simplest things in life, treat themselves with care and know how to relax. Cats demand what they want as a matter of course, enjoy their life and are simply themselves: independent, self-confident and free. If we make the cat's behaviour patterns our own, we can decisively help our happiness in life.