Money Apparently Doesn't Buy Happiness After All
I split a lottery ticket with a friend last week. It was the first time I'd played the lotto and for a minute I thought about what I would do if I actually won. (I guess that little dream is what you really buy with your $1.) I'd travel more, pay off my student debt, spend some money on my family, spend some money on myself. But I realized my life would be essentially the same, just with upgraded accessories. I don't think I'd be any happier - and the media is backing me up on this one.
"The current Money Magazine has a story on money and happiness -- being poor is a big drag, being middle class is pretty good, but being filthy rich doesn't make you that much happier than a middle class person. Apparently, having 12 cars doesn't make you much happier than just having one."
I can't find a link to that specific story, but here is an older one on the same theme and a similar one from Forbes.
Conscious Consuming: Are we getting through?
1 Comments:
I agree, it diesn't buy happiness, it buys convenience. I'm plenty happy spending less, and would stay that way even if I was rich.
I get a lot more enjoyment out of doing for myself with my own hands than I ever would paying someone else to do it for me instead.
Then again, I think frugality is fun and a skill to be proud of too. *laugh*
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