Also, I had this discussion with said dude about which one is best: a meaningful life or a happy life. It was mind warping, I won't lie, but that's exactly the kind of conversations I loveeeee.😝 Though I discussed it with him, I and my one of my girlfriends still discussed it. My two cent was: If one finds meaning in something, it brings it's own fulfilment which is it's own happiness. A genuinely happy life is meaningful, and a meaningful life is happy. What I wrote in my journal was a lottt more than this. I also think that for him, his own definition of "a meaningful life" was objective, which shouldn't be the case. The definition of a meaningful life can vary depending on the individual.