Abstract
Your life satisfaction: How you rate your situation compared to your expectations and goals.
Increase life satisfaction: Increase self-esteem and self-efficacy.
Control over your own life and sense of belonging.
Life satisfaction: Intense gratitude, appreciation and joy of life.
Joy of life and happiness: The longest study.
Life satisfaction refers to the assessment of the quality of one's own life as a whole.
It reflects how people evaluate their life situation in comparison to their expectations and goals.
Life circumstances such as income, work, social relationships and health can influence life satisfaction, but there is also a strong internal component. This means that people with similar life circumstances can experience different levels of life satisfaction.
Interestingly, different cultures have different perceptions of happiness and satisfaction, meaning that factors that contribute to life satisfaction in one culture may not be relevant in another.
Life satisfaction correlates strongly with factors such as self-esteem, self-efficacy expectations and a sense of control over one's life. When we feel good and feel that our lives are fulfilled, we radiate this. A well-known saying goes:
"You are what you think. What you think, you radiate. What you radiate, you attract. And what you attract determines your life." - unknown author
People with a high level of life satisfaction often experience more intense gratitude, appreciation and joie de vivre. They are also generally healthier, build stronger relationships and are more successful at work.
In our blog, we show how these aspects are interlinked and how you can increase your well-being. Subscribe and learn from well-founded insights.
