Many feel that happiness is mainly an individual responsibility while others feel that there are important external factors. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Happiness
plays a crucial role in people's lives. Many say that individuals are
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reasponsible
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responsible
to get
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ownhappiness
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own happiness
unhappiness
where as
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others argue that there are some other external
factors
also
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that also
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contribute to getting
happiness
.
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both viewpoints and I strongly agree with the latter opinion for the following reasons. On the one hand, people can
get
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happy by themselves without any external
factors
because they only know about them properly which things make them
pleasure
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.
This
is because mankind is different from others, so, they can only understand and get
pleasure
along with
this
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is their responsibility to take
pleasure
by themselves.
For example
, these days, some public
prefers
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to buy
car
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a car
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then
they get happy
while
others prefer to use
motorbike
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a motorbike
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in order to they can travel around
City
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the City
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with friends.
Hence
, getting
pleasure
is the population's responsibility.
On the other hand
, there are some crucial external
factors
also
provides
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happiness
to the public
such
as spending time with
familly
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family
members and friends.
This
is because a good family
able
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to provide more
pleasures
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pleasure
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without any misunderstanding to each other
as well as
a
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good employment brings
pleasure
to the population who get enormous amount of job
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in their work.
For instance
, wife people get
happiness
from job satisfaction and a good understanding
family
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of family
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, they indeed stay far away from psychological issues namely stress and depression.
Then
, there are the external
factors
provide
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that provide
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pleasures
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pleasure
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. In conclusion,
although
individuals get
happiness
by themselves
due to
they know very well about them,
happy
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a happy
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family and a good job can
load
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lead
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to obtain
massive
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a massive
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amount of
pleasures
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pleasure
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.
However
, in my opinion, about
this
, I strongly agree
with
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external
factors
are essential to
brings
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happiness
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Individual responsibility
  • External factors
  • Personal choices
  • Mindset
  • Attitude
  • Mental health
  • Self-improvement
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Financial stability
  • Social relationships
  • Supportive family
  • Environment
  • Living conditions
  • Neighborhood safety
  • Cultural factors
  • Interplay
  • Dispositions
  • Case studies
  • Practical strategies
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