What is the very best life? Briefly explain what Aristotle's answer is and what his reasoning is, then describe what you think is the best and why.

Aristotle emphasizes that the very best life is a life of eudaimonia, or happiness. Aristotle reasons that the kind of happiness that he is referring to is good and desirable without being dependent on any other considerations of goodness; yet, all other sources of goodness can be derived from this kind of happiness. However, Aristotle is not referring to happiness and living well only as a state of mind. He further reasons that it is of no real value to acknowledge that being happy offers the very best life for an individual unless we can further understand what the ergon, or real function, of a person is and the virtuous actions that will bring about such happiness.
I would certainly agree with Aristotle that the very best life is a life that is filled with happiness and virtuous actions. I decided as a college student to pursue a career in social service because I believed that the virtue of helping others to fulfill their potential would also bring me the happiness of living my very best life. Others may agree that happiness is the foundation for the very best life yet disagree that virtuous actions and seeking excellence in life will really offer them the kind of happiness that they are searching for. Instead, they may seek immediate gratification and satisfaction from the material pleasures that money can buy and strongly disagree that they could ever really be happy without these things. They may also believe that virtuous actions and pursuing excellence will often directly interfere with being happy because they would be unable to compete and get ahead to achieve the lifestyle they desire, or they would have to work too hard to really be able to enjoy their own happiness.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-ethics/