# Well-being
Well-being is the state of existing well.
## Meaning
Well-being is the real state, not the score.
A well-being score is an estimate of [[Well-being|well-being]].
Well-being can be explored through the [[Dimensions Of Well-being]].
Joe's public well-being work is currently organized through [[The Well-being System]].
Well-being is being compared across sources through well-being meaning comparison.
## Source Of Meaning
This note is grounded in the Joe-Codex ontology conversation from 2026-06-19, where Joe named well-being as the core value and defined it as the state of existing well.
## Relationship Over Time
This note should remain central while Joe learns how to measure, improve, and communicate well-being more clearly.
## Links
- [[Being]]
- [[The Well-being System]]
- [[Well-being System Project Map]]
- [[Well-being System Components]]
- [[Being Well]]
- [[Being Unwell]]
- [[Health]]
- [[Dimensions Of Well-being]]
- [[Good]]
- [[Bad]]
- [[Source Of Meaning]]
## Tensions
Well-being may be momentary, whole-life, measurable, experiential, personal, and relational at once.
## Question
Do you mean momentary feeling, whole-life condition, or both?