Aristotle Part 2

Why is one way of life considered to be so much better than the others? Why can’t there be a one life with all of these different attributes in it? Couldn’t that life be just as good as one purely devoted to reflection? Could that life be even better? I think that a life that could contain practical politics, pleasure, and reflection could easily be called the ultimate life, because you wouldn't  have to give up any one thing for anything else. I don't see why limiting yourself to just one thing, be it politics, pleasure or reflection, could lead you to fulfillment. I understand that perhaps it might be for the best to have reason, rationality, and reflection as top priorities, but I do not think that that means you need to exclude all other forms of enjoyment in life. Aristotle noted that lives devoted to pleasure or practical politics could be happy and fulfilled, just not as much as a live devoted purely to reason and reflection. That doesn't make sense to me.   I would assume that the lives that would be the happiest and most fulfilled would have balance, and elements from all walks of live without being so exclusive.