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I think there are two concepts being conflated here, but I'm not sure what to call them. Let's call them X and Y.

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1) Saving whatever% off your car insurance makes you X.

2) Having sex makes you X.

3) Scoring the winning point in a close game makes you X.

A) Laying the last brick on a house you built with your bare hands makes you Y.

B) Watching your daughter get her doctorate makes you Y.

C) Solving a non-trivial theorem for the first time in history makes you Y.

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I'm just not sure what to call X and Y; perhaps "happiness" vs "fulfillment", or "joy" vs "happiness", or "happiness" vs "true happiness"...



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