In my personal opinion, I'd say yes. I grew up poor and now I'm above average, and I have to admit that the traveling, the nice house, nice things and easy access to stuff does bring me happiness. Of course I have problems like everyone but... it's just easier getting over it.
No. Having money and never using it does not bring long term happiness. Using money does not bring Long term happiness. The only thing that brings long term anything is the habit; the habit of the being happy. That comes from the inside. Money is for long term comfort and connivence and freedom when there is enough of it. Believe me, you get use to having a lot of money and after you do a lot of things you want to do you get to the point where there isn't much left that you haven't done except your own growth and helping others. @quackthulu2 @DaisyM23 @richardcory @provokeesmokee @exitseven
If someone is unhappy and poor it's because they are focusing on unfavorable things. They cannot control the subconscious activity going on within them. If someone is rich and unhappy it's because they are focusing on negative things; it hasn't nothing to do with the money. The problem is people aren't taught how to control their own minds. Mind meaning inner activity; some conscious and some subconscious. We are all Mindwashed (because the brain isn't the mind but an instrument of the mind like the rest of the body) to get our happiness from the outside. That's why we think money will bring happiness long term. Yet we know honeymoon phrase does not last forever lol... Our nervous systems love novelty. by the way there already have been studies on this proving that it doesn't cause higher dopamine levels than poor people. One can get excited at first, like Christmas, but it doesn't last long. It isn't meant to last long. The only thing that makes life happy or good is one's own mind.
Money does not bring you happiness directly nor indirectly. Wearing makeup doesn't make u confident... However, humans use these things to finally give themselves permission to feel happy or confident. But if these things are simply states of mind then the outside is not required in order to bring them about. Our nervous system doesn't know the difference between what's real and not real. Movies can make u feel great... But they aren't real. Worrying can make u feel awful even though it's simply having faith in something bad. Using our imagination we can literally rewire the brain to have the habit of feeling confident.
Even if you wanted to say money brings happiness that would still be wrong really. It's what we can do and the knowledge that we can do things with money that we let bring us momentary happiness.
Lack of money can make you unhappy.
There is an old Robinson poem:
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
Nope. The only way to be happy with money is to have enough to pay all the bills and extra money set aside for emergencies, and enough money to go and do whatever I would like to do... but just enough money to get me by and be comfortable. Having toooo much money it brings so much problems, people will use you, or you become greedy, unappreciate things, you look at others down as you may think you're better than anyone else, and you show off. So money can't buy happiness. My own opinion.
I answered no.
Money itself doesn't buy happiness.
It does facilitate living a contented existence.
Happiness is something that can exist without money, but money solves all the problems that can stop a modern human from expriencing a high level of stress or time depravation that stops them from cultivating happiness.
Money does not bring happiness. It facilitates free time.
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Voted No. Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself. However, as a wit once put it, "Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can help you choose the kind of misery you want to live in.
In a world of imperfect beings who cannot be perfected, that is - to borrow another line - good enough for government work.
I don't think money brings you happiness. A person's happiness is a measure of their overall mental state and how happy they are with themselves (regardless of money). If your not a happy person already, money is unlikely to change that. It'll give you a temporary high like drugs or boose, but when you come down you tend to hit rock bottom.
If money brought happiness, then you'd see way more rich people in a better state of mind, and they really aren't.
Look at people who win the lottery. They are one of the highest suicide risk groups because they tend to piss the money all away and then don't want to go back to living the way they did before.
u No. Happiness is something we choose, or at least choose to pursue.
Money can be an accessory to happiness though. We can provide for our material necessities, we can pay off debts with it, or otherwise use it to relieve stressors in life. We can use it to purchase things that bring us pleasure (food, entertainment, travel, and such).
But pleasure is temporary. And there will always be bills and debts we have to pay. How happy we are depends on how we live and think while dealing with those things.
Plus, as a Catholic, I believe that perfect happiness is not found on Earth, but with God.
Having been both a street person and wealthy, I can attest to the fact that money may bring happiness, but it can also bring misery. And it depends on how you define happiness. I know a lot of miserable rich people and also a lot of happy poor people. If you have no food, and you come into some money that gives you an opportunity to eat then yes, you can at least define your experience as short term happiness. But that doesn't tell you much about what life is like if you have more money than you need to live comfortably. There comes a point when it no longer buys happiness and sometimes buys anxiety, disappointment, relationship issues and sometimes isolation.
It definitely can, especially for someone who has had to struggle for most of their life. People say that "money doesn't bring happiness", but they're just envious of the rich. Having lots of money to play with is fun, and no one actually wants to be poor.
It sure can! And anyone that says otherwise obviously doesn't realize how much the world and your lives revolve around money:
Money can pay my bills, groceries, home, help me indulge on my hobbies and interests, and with enough, I could do all that AND more? Pfft...
I guarantee my life would be a lot better and happier the more money I had
Money brings FINANCIAL SECURITY. It's great to be financially stable and not have to worry about having a job, getting a job, paying your bills.
But HAPPINESS? Boy that covers a broad base of issues. Happiness involves your health, emotional well lbeing, education level, satisfaction with relationships, satisfaction with being useful and having life goals.
Money is only one part of complicated factors that influence happiness.
No.
I grew up with a family net worth of double digit millions, and now have a family net worth of triple digit millions. Still am not happier.
There is nothing happy about money or "stuff". It's actually about being "content" rather than "happy". It's why 95% of people fail as they chase money like junkies chase crack.
of course it can, it doesn't lead to eternal happiness but what does? money would make your life much easier which would make you happier, yeah you'd still have problems that money can't buy (depression, death etc) but money can help ALLEVIATE stress
Depends on your mindset. I know money didn't bring my parents happiness because they were busy focusing on what they didn't have and spent their lives working for things they never had time to enjoy.
I'm a workoholic myself but if I can't make time to enjoy what I've got then there's no reason to have it and no reason to work as much as I do.
Haha, as expected. Most "Yes" voters are women. How unsurprising. Gold diggers at heart, everyone.
Money works well when you can use it for something. That's about it. If a nuclear holocaust, a deserted island, or an inflation comes along, what then?
I think yea to a certain extent. For me a good salary has always made me feel more comfortable. But what’s really made q difference in my life has been having a substantial amount in the bank. That gives me mucho more comfort to buy stuff or even know that if I have an emergency I am well prepared.
It can Only paired with something money can't buy, such as love. I said SUCH AS for those hard of hearing. So yes
For example you and your lover need to buy a house to move in together... of course you are unhappy without the money.
Nominal happiness. They did a study on this and found that happiness peaks at about 75k a year. The assumption is because if you make that amount you're probably able to pay all your bills as well as go on vacation etc. Plus save a bit for the future. Anything above 75k showed happiness flatlined.
Yes it certainly would bring me happiness. I'm barely making ends meet. I hate how I am living right now. If it wasn't for my boyfriend, I'd be searching for a sugar daddy.
Yes but it won't *make* you happy. There's a lot of problems that money cannot solve although it gives you the access to solve them in most situations.
As the saying goes it doesn't bring happiness but it does allow you to be miserable in comfort.
In my case it did cause me problems as well and I started appreciating my parents more frugal lifestyle.
Of course, money brings happiness!
For the people money doesn't bring happiness to, money pays for the psychotherapy they need because they obviously have "issues".
What you do with it can.
In the interim, poverty certainly puts a pretty good down payment on sorrow.
Money can provide financial stability which receives the pressure on most people. But in itself doesn't bring happiness. Happiness comes from inside, the richest person in the world can be depressed.
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