More money makes you happy

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New here? You may want updates via email or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Money, the conventional wisdom says, doesn’t buy happiness. As an abstract principle, most us acknowledge that money doesn’t buy hhappy. But, at the same time, we all want more of something material — a nicer house, nicer vacations, the ability to live in a certain neighborhood or eat at fancier restaurants — that we think would make us happier.

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Money “Fixes Problems”

New here? You may want updates via email or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Money, the conventional wisdom says, doesn’t buy happiness. As an abstract principle, most us acknowledge that money doesn’t buy happiness.

But, at the same time, we all want more of something material — a nicer house, nicer vacations, the ability to live in a certain neighborhood or eat at fancier restaurants — that we think would make us happier.

If you’re J. So, we’re left with a conundrum. And if not, why not? In answer to the first question, I believe that all else equal — and as we’ll see below, this is a huge qualifier, as things are rarely equal — more money generally makes you happier. To be clear, money won’t solve every problem. If you’re lonely or bitter or mooney, for instance, more money won’t make you any happier.

Happj just because money doesn’t solve every problem doesn’t mean that money won’t solve any problems. With more money, you can do hapoy number of other things that people enjoy and that make them happier. And if you’re a victim of mney povertymore money can change your world.

As much as we pay lip-service to the idea of money not making us happy, it often does, and it’s okay to admit. It doesn’t make us materialistic or greedy to want retirement savings, a nicer home, a paid-off car, or a trip to Europe. I think the explanation for this seemingly irreconcilable conflict is that most people spend the extra income poorly. Most people use money ways that make them less happy.

People who earn a lot of money often assume that they’re paid well because of their intelligence and skills. And that is undoubtedly often the case. But often they’re paid well in whole or in part because they’ve accepted a very difficult, demanding job that pays well precisely because it makes people unhappy! A job with long hours, lots of stress, lots of travel and time away from family and friends will generally pay well, but also significantly impair happiness.

It shouldn’t then be surprising that people with high incomes are often unhappy. The high income and unhappiness have the exact same origins. People are generally conformists.

Drive through a rich neighborhood, and you’ll see people dressed similarly, driving similar cars, going on similar vacations. This isn’t just a happy coincidence, that all these kindred spirits serendipitously found each other and formed a happy community. Rather, people succumb to keeping up with the Joneses and continually buy stuff — not because they enjoy it, but because they’d be embarrassed not to have it. To a large extent, individuals let their peers dictate how they spend their time and money.

Living on somebody else’s terms — living somebody else’s life — is not a recipe for happiness, and if you do it, extra money won’t make you any happier. You’ll be spending it how other people want you to, not how you want to.

When people begin to earn more money, they generally upgrade their lifestyle — buy a nicer home and buy a nicer car. The problem is, they don’t pay cash for these things. Rather, they use their new, higher income as a means to borrow more money. Far from providing financial security, the extra income often moree their financial position more precarious. Instead of using the extra income to buy freedom and peace of mind — which would hapy them happier — they incur more debt, which makes them more anxious than ever, with the added fear that if they lose ylu job, they’ll be humiliated at having to ratchet back their newly lavish lifestyle.

The lesson here is simple: If you come into more money, it can make you happier — provided that you use it in a way that provides you security, freedom, and sincere pleasure, not merely conformist consumption. Money, in short, is neutral. It’s a tool that can make you happier, or less happy, depending on how you choose to spend it.

Money will make you happier only if hpapy choose to spend it in accordance with your values and your preferences. Nobody — not your parents, not your friends, not your neighbors, and certainly not a blogger! If you listen to them, more money won’t make you any happier; in fact, it may make you less happy, because you’re working hard and incurring debt to live mor somebody else’s life.

In our twenties, my wife and I both had good jobs in a large city. We had it made by what society values, but we weren’t very happy; we worked long hours at demanding jobs. We did however live frugally relative to our incomes. Burnt out on our jobs, we eventually moved to a smaller city and my wife quit her job so that we could have three kids that she stayed home.

Those were expensive decisions, both in terms of cash outlays and opportunity cost. But they were good decisions; we had less money, but far more joy. This trade-off was only possible because we had spent many years saving our money, deferring gratification — ignoring a culture that told us to spend as a reward for our hard work — so that when we finally spent the money, we spent it on something that we valued, namely our family.

It was the best decision that we’ve ever made all the credit goes to my wife! The haopy isn’t that we’re so smart, and that you should have a bunch of kids. It is in fact the opposite: I have no idea what your best life is. But then again, neither monsy anybody else besides you. If you find the courage to decide for yourself what you valueand you use money wisely to pursue your goals and your dreams, you will find that, contrary to popular opinion, money will buy you happiness.

Michael Laurence is a man of many passions, two of which are finance and history. Here he shares some of what he’s learned about money. Join 23, subscribers who receive the weekly GRS Insider email newsletter featuring the best of the blog — and.

No spam. Unsubscribe at any time. This is a subject that I discuss with folks all the time at F. These events are naturally populated by people who have a lot of money. But you know what? My anecdotal observation is that your level of wealth has no bearing on how happy or miserable you are. As Michael says in this piece, what matters is how you use the money you.

I know people with low incomes and low net worths who are perfectly content. They know how to use their limited means to maximize contentment. But I know people with vast wealth who hate life. My depression and anxiety have made me miserable. This year has been all about figuring out if the things I spend money on are actually making me happy or not.

My recent article about season tickets more money makes you happy the Portland Timbers is a great example. But, as I said in the article, there has to be a limit. Do you deliberately try to make sure your money makes you happy? Or is it more of moree gut thing, just figuring it out as you go along?

See also: Happ, successful, and miserable [ New York Timesso possible paywall]. Wow that NYT article is crazy, yet many of the things it talks about make sense when you think about it. The saddest part, his wife laughed about the career change and lower pay.

What have we come to? Sure, the movement might lose several people when the next stock market crash happens. But I believe career dissatisfaction and the search for happiness and meaning to be an even stronger force for its growth. And I only work omney hours per week. I tend to take every other Friday off and make it a three day weekend.

I get four weeks of PTO every year, which will get bumped up to 5 every year. In addition, my company lets old people work a part time schedule at their discretion. Bottom line, I have no reason whatsoever to quit my job — certainly not enough reason to bust my butt and live like a pauper for several years. So I save for. How do you evaluate the financial advice you get from other sources?

Ypu, how do you decide if some piece of advice is for you, or if you should discard some adjacent advice. Is there an amount of pick-and-choose? Carmine, this is a terrific question. Yet, here I am diving deep into a future blog post. If what I have already is words, this article is going to be a doozy.

I hope it ends up being useful. I agree that money can buy happiness. Nice post. In other words, it can be mentally hard for some people to just let money pile up in the bank. Just let it pile up forever if need be. Happiness is the ability to get through the day without a billion negative thoughts going through the brain. No thoughts, no problems.

Women with Different Salaries on if Money Makes Them Happy — Glamour

When Money Makes You Happier

Money does make people happy in many ways. We had it made by what society values, but we weren’t very happy; we worked long hours at demanding jobs. The results show that living in a financially stable home greatly improves your happiness. But national polls show that people actually rated themselves happier in the s than they do today. Settling mwkes on the couch with the remote can help you recharge, but to be truly happy, you need more in your life than passive pleasures. So that self-help gurus can sell you everything from food to exercises to positive thinking to make you think you will be a little bit happier. Mqkes looking back on it, your brain can edit out the surly cabdrivers, remembering only the glorious sunsets. Please select your country. Design Co. Instead of questioning the makee that you can buy happiness on the car lot, you begin to question your choice of car. What are the facts, here? Fundamentally, having enough money to buy these basic necessities will no doubt increase your happiness levels. Yoh Unstoppable Journal. A job with long hours, lots of stress, lots of travel and time away more money makes you happy family and friends will generally pay well, but also significantly impair happiness. Stress comes from uncertainty. Applying yourself to something hard makes you happy.