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48 Examples of Life Satisfaction

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Life satisfaction is how an individual feels about their life at a point in time. This is gauged by directly asking people "how satisfied are you with your life up to this point?" Life satisfaction is self-reported and means different things to different people. It typically includes happiness and self-fulfillment. Happiness is a sense of joy that one has experienced in life. Self-fulfillment is what one has done with life. It is possible to be satisfied with what you have accomplished without being happy. Likewise, it is possible to be happy without being completely satisfied with your own contributions and development in life. The following are common elements of life satisfaction.
Accomplishments
Character
Community Engagement
Creative Expression
Cultural Engagement
Doing Good
Education
Emotional Capacity
Entertainment
Environment
Epic Experiences
Family
Fitness
Freedom
Friends
Gratitude
Growth & Improvement
Health
Housing
Humor
Imagination
Income
Justice
Leisure
Music / Art / Film / Performing Art
Nature
Peace / Lack of Conflict
Play
Productivity
Recognition
Recreation
Respect
Rights
Roles & Responsibilities
Safety & Security
Self-Discipline
Social Inclusion
Social Status
Spirituality
Stability
Talents
Tradition
Transportation / Commute
Virtue
Wealth
Wellness
Wonder
Work

Mood & Situation

Life satisfaction ratings would tend to be greatly influenced by current mood and situation. For example, perceived life satisfaction might be lower after a bad day.

Capitalist Realism

Capitalist realism is a grim tendency to evaluate all human things in terms of money. Life satisfaction is a possible alternative whereby societies are measured in terms of human outcomes as opposed to dollars. For example, you could measure a school in terms of the income of graduates or in terms of the life satisfaction of graduates.
Overview: Life Satisfaction
Type
Definition (1)
How an individual feels about their life at a point in time.
Definition (2)
A social metric based on a single direct question that asks people to rate their satisfaction with their life.
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Life Satisfaction

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Character
Education
Entertainment
Epic Experiences
Family
Freedom
Gratitude
Happiness
Humor
Imagination
Income
Justice
Leisure
Life Satisfaction
Nature
Play
Positive Expectations
Productivity
Recreation
Rights
Social Status
Stability
Talents
Traditions
Virtue
Wealth
Work
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