Flourishing Friday

When Being Dissatisfied with Our Lives is Good For Us and Humanity

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Clay Routledge
Mar 07, 2025
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Both psychologists and the general public tend to conceptualize flourishing in terms of current psychological states and self-evaluations. For instance, when researchers measure psychological wellbeing, they typically employ questionnaires asking individuals to report their present life satisfaction. The underlying assumption …

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