Dr. Laurie Santos

All things considered, are you satisfied with your life?

All things considered, are you satisfied with your life?

Do you have meaning and purpose?

Do you have meaning and purpose?

Do you think things are going well?

Do you think things are going well?

And like best case scenario, both of these are going up.

And like best case scenario, both of these are going up.

You kind of feel good in your life, lots of positive emotions, laughter, joy, contentment, and so on.

You kind of feel good in your life, lots of positive emotions, laughter, joy, contentment, and so on.

And you kind of have a sense that your life matters, that it's meaningful, that you're doing important stuff.

And you kind of have a sense that your life matters, that it's meaningful, that you're doing important stuff.

I think the pleasure part is what's happening in your life.

I think the pleasure part is what's happening in your life.

It's part of the affective part.

It's part of the affective part.

Pleasure is one of the affective states we can have, right?

Pleasure is one of the affective states we can have, right?

So you're doing something that you experience as good.

So you're doing something that you experience as good.