Valid ways to measure well-being abound, but it's important to balance enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning. Enjoyment is not the same as pleasure, satisfaction is elusive, and meaning requires sacrifice. Achieving happiness takes a game plan and embracing inevitable unhappiness along the way. Research shows that suffering is integral to happiness, contradicting the common assumption that happiness comes from avoiding problems. Happiness takes work, effort, and challenges.

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