Reflecting their roots in behaviorism, focus in these interventions was placed on pleasant activities and not on pleasant subjective experiences, like positive emotions. Although pleasant activities can produce positive emotions, an emotions perspective reminds us that whether and to what degree they do so depends on the personal meaning individuals construct for those activities. I have argued that consideration of personal meaning can account for and revitalize interventions based in increasing pleasant activities by connecting this work to the broadening and building effects of positive emotions (Fredrickson, 2000).