1."I buried myself with accomplishments, because with accomplishments, I believed I could control things, I could squeeze in every last piece of happiness before I got sick and died (Albom 6)."

This is from the book Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Mitch is trying to measure happiness by counting his accomplishments, not by its quality. He is treating it like a competition. He wants to control everything in his life, making it more calculated, empty, not happy.