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title: Hedonic Happiness & Eudaimonic Happiness
created: 2025-08-10T13:53:39
modified: 2025-10-12T16:41:47
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# Hedonic Happiness

* Achieved through [pleasure, enjoyment, or satisfaction](dopamine.md)
* Associated with the maximization of short-term pleasure
* The happiness you feel when you seek [instant gratification](instant-gratification.md)

# Eudaimonic Happiness

* Achieved through [purpose, meaning](why-we-exist.md), or [authenticity](escape-competition-through-authenticity.md)
* Associated with a focus on long-term, value-oriented, and higher-order living
* The happiness you feel when you embrace [delayed gratification](delayed-gratification.md)