{"id":27000,"date":"2025-05-02T09:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27000"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:26:07","slug":"how-to-achieve-the-two-types-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27000","title":{"rendered":"How to Achieve the Two Types of Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You have to keep two things in check, say experts<\/p>\n

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This weekend, my colleagues at The New York Times Magazine are publishing a special issue all about happiness<\/a>: how to define it, discover it and increase it.<\/p>\n

In particular, I loved a quiz called, \u201cWhat Makes You Happy?<\/a>\u201d I had fun answering the questions, but it also made me think.<\/p>\n

It turns out that happiness can be grouped into two main categories, and the concept goes back to ancient Greece. One kind is called eudaemonic well-being<\/a>, which you might think of as having meaning and purpose in your life. The other is called hedonic well-being<\/a>, which means feeling pleasure and avoiding pain.<\/p>\n

Both, researchers say, are important in order to thrive.<\/p>\n

I asked my colleague Laura Bennett, an editor at The Times Magazine, who devised the quiz, to tell me more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n