Sometimes people use the word "satisfied" in the following manner:
"I don't have what I want, but I have all that I need, so I am satisfied with everything in my life."
In the case above, is the person said to be "completely satisfied" with everything in his life?
If you are "completely satisfied" with your life, for instance, then you don't want anything more than what you have because you already have everything you want?
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Note that in the given sentence the person says "I don't have what I want..." Thus, the person could not be "completely satisfied." If the person said "I have everything I want," then he might be "completely satisfied."
The given sentence might be reworded as: "I don't have what I want, but I have all that I need, so I am more or less satisfied with everything in my life."