Meaning and happiness are not the same thing | Shahmaran
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Meaning and happiness are not the same thing
A short read
Two words used as one
A happy life. A meaningful life. Most people treat these as the same thing said differently.
Somebody measured them separately.
Sources
Baumeister RF, Vohs KD, Aaker JL, Garbinsky EN (2013) — Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life, The Journal of Positive Psychology 8(6). About 397 adults; happiness linked to taking, meaning to giving; happiness present-oriented, meaning integrating past, present and future; needs and wants raising happiness but largely irrelevant to meaning; worry, stress and anxiety linked to higher meaning and lower happiness