I might gather from this thread that it can be very difficult for people to choose between happiness and meaning -- even when answering the question has no real life consequences!
I think people find it difficult to understand what you mean by those in a way that you find them different.
What does "happiness" mean to you? what does "purpose of yur life" means to you?
Would "purpose" mean "something you spend your life trying to accomplish"?
would happiness mean "enjoyment of the moment without any long term goal and excluding all pleasure coming from empathical ineractions"?
I cant make another reading by what I gather from the OP, but that may very well be lack of creativity on my part. IF you explain what you mean by those terms, maybe people will find it easier to choose.
I dont think I have a sense of "purpose" in my life as in I dont know what I want to make of my future.
I know I am happy, things that make me happy are mostly social:
I am happy to have a family that loves me and good friends who are loyal and to whom I am loyal. I am happy to have this deep meaningful relationships. "meaningful" in the sense of "important" or "that matter to me" (I would say "serious" but that sounds cold and de-tached which wouldnt make sense as something that makes me happy)
THe problem is that to me, that is happiness, so I dont understand why you exclude relationships with other people in "hapiness" .
If I chose purpose, but no happiness, then what is the point of my friendshis? If I am not happy, they wont feel happy associating with me so I wont make them happy either. So it would be like a contractual obligation to spend time toether and that woul allegedly be "purposeful" ? I just dont understand the mindframe.