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be related any past achievement.                       Psychologists have used several
        Now, you could say that you do know                    models including bio psychosocial and
        someone who is always happy                            PERMA models to explain happiness
        without any specific reason. It's that                 suggesting that happiness is attained
        you haven't found out the reason for                   when our biological, psychological and
        his happiness. He may be a simple                      sociological needs are met or when
        man with simple needs and happy                        there is pleasure (bodily for instance),

        after a warm bath or a nice meal, so                   engagement (in some activity for
                                                                              instance), relationships,
                                                                              meaning (for instance
                                                                              purpose of life) and
                                                                              accomplishments. These
                                                                              models suggest that
                                                                              happiness involves
                                                                              something deeper than
                                                                              just our fleeting pleasures.
                                                                              I would differ and suggest
                                                                              that happiness being
                                                                              extremely subjective,
                                                                              some people may just be
                                                                              happy attaining pleasures
                                                                              whereas some others
                                                                              would seek meaning or
                                                                              possibly accomplishments
                                                                              and relationships. So the
                                                                              level or type of attainment
                                                                              that makes one happy
                                                                              would vary from one
                                                                              person to another.



                                                                              Thus some people would
                                                                              be happy when their basic
                                                                              needs are fulfilled whereas
                                                                              some others would not be
                                                                              happy even after
                                                                              significant professional
                                                                              accomplishments as they
                                                                              may be expecting some
        that's still some attainment. So,                      other level or kind of achievement.
        happiness always involves some                         Thus happiness largely depends on
        attainment or need fulfillment,                        our subjective understanding of what
        however small or big that is.                          it means to be happy. Since
                                                               happiness is so subjective it cannot



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