What’s a common misconception people have about happiness?

I think many of us err in forgetting there are 2 different kinds of happiness: hedonia and eudaimonia. 

Simply, hedonia is derived from pleasure in moments and eudaimonia is derived from meaning and purpose. 

Yes, money can buy happiness, but the hedonia kind; and finding purpose in life, that’s eudaimonia.  I think the misconceptoin is when we put both in the same box. 

What kind of happy are you?

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