money=hapiness?

ronbyrne2005 · 31-01-2006 9:47am #1

i agree with this article,dont waste your life chasing material goods.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-2016859,00.html

Dave! · 31-01-2006 9:50am

Travelling abroad makes me happy;
Travelling abroad costs money;

Thus, money = happiness.

QED

:cool:

Binomate · 31-01-2006 9:51am

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

money=happiness?

Absolutly correct.

ARGINITE · 31-01-2006 9:52am

True happiness, said Bob Monkhouse, is when you marry a girl for love and later discover that she has money.

I totally agree:D

Money != Happiness

digitally-yours · 31-01-2006 9:53am

Money cant buy happiness. But it helps

HelterSkelter · 31-01-2006 9:55am

I'd rather be miserable in comfort than in poverty!

Binomate · 31-01-2006 9:57am

Lots and lots of money is better than happiness. If you have money you can have both. You can buy anything you want which includes happiness.

ARGINITE · 31-01-2006 10:01am

digitally-yours wrote:

Money cant buy happiness. But it helps

This would be how I think.

Archeron · 31-01-2006 10:25am

Money cant buy happiness, but it can buy you a top of the range sports car with leather seats so you can be comfortable while you continue searching. Certainly beats looking for happiness from a bus.

DaBreno · 31-01-2006 10:35am

Whoever said Money doesnt buy Happiness doesnt know where to Shop.

Beruthiel · 31-01-2006 10:39am

I've experienced both
without a shadow of a doubt, I will always pick happy + less money than unhappy + more money

BoozyBabe · 31-01-2006 10:42am

Money definitely makes things easier, but honestly, I don't care if I never have vast amounts of cash.

Provided I have a roof over my head, & can afford to keep it there, drive a car, pay my bills, buy the groceries, afford a holiday, medical bills, childrens education, etc without having to watch every penny, I'll be more than happy with my life.

Might make most of you puke, but honestly, that's all I want. If I have more than that it will definitely make things more comfortable & the future more certain, but overall, I don't think it'd make me much happier

Kojak · 31-01-2006 10:45am

Money is not the 'be all and end all'.

Although if I had Dolores McNamara's millions I'm sure I would find a way to be happy.

Binomate · 31-01-2006 10:45am

Archeron wrote:

Money cant buy happiness, but it can buy you a top of the range sports car with leather seats so you can be comfortable while you continue searching. Certainly beats looking for happiness from a bus.

What about materialists who care nothing about any other form of happiness, like me?

whiskeyman · 31-01-2006 10:51am

Here's another one....

"Your health is your wealth".

Sure, it makes sense, but think about it more.

What if you get injured and need serious treatment?
What about all those expensive drugs?
Sure, insurance will help to some degree (if you had the money to pay for it in the first place)...

It's often the other way around.

Call me cynical, but I always think these phrases are knocked around by those who secretly would love to win a huge lotto windfall...

ambro25 · 31-01-2006 10:59am

If you first tell me what happiness is, I'll then tell you whether money or lack thereof is relevant

pontovic · 31-01-2006 10:59am

Money can't buy you hapiness, but it can buy you loads of stuff which will make you happy

Hagar · 31-01-2006 11:07am

"Money can't buy happiness" but it will purchase a reasonable facsimile thereof.

connundrum · 31-01-2006 11:07am

At different stages in my short life, I've had more money than you could shake a stick at, and less money than the average Cavanman spends on ESB in a year (honestly). I didn't find that I was 'overtly' happy with the money, and although it was rather depressing to have zero cash - I didn't find myself being 'extremely' unhappy.

Now I find that being comfortable is great, everything in proportion is the way forward. €150m is rediculous and you'd only be miserable with it, but then again, being able to own everything in sight could be rather fun for a time... :v:

chakotha · 31-01-2006 11:19am

Money may not buy you happiness, but it is impossible to be happy without it

elexes · 31-01-2006 11:23am

anyone who thinks money dosnt creat happyness hasnt lived without it

i challage any of them to live for a month without money they will die im sure .

pls note getting stuff for free costs money so u cant do that also

joejoem · 31-01-2006 11:25am

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

i agree with this article,dont waste your life chasing material goods.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-2016859,00.html

This is what poor hippies say to make you think they are happy. I spent long enough without money but I much prefer being wealthy. I will chase more and more money until its hard for me to earn anymore. Money doesnt buy you happiness but it helps. No one has to know how much you have, but little things in life make it worth while.

God forbid I ever think like that. I never want to loose my hunger for money, its not the most important thing to me but its definitley hovering around the number two or three spot!

ianmc38 · 31-01-2006 11:26am

Well i'm pretty well off now since I started a highly paid job last year and I have to admit I'm far happier. I no longer have to scrimp on things, budget, worry etc etc. I can go on the holidays I want to go on, buy the clothes i wanna buy, go out with my friends, scab pints, bring the girlfriend for a nice meal etc.

Having money enables me to do alot more things than i was able to before. So therefore, money for me = happier.

pontovic · 31-01-2006 11:49am

I dont know about having too much money, but having no money made me unhappy. When I was in college I couldnt afford to go out and do anything alot of the time, but now I have a nice well paid job and a nice car. I can afford to buy nice clothes, go away for weekends, and go out if I want to without worrying about breaking the bank. Its great.

FergusF · 31-01-2006 3:22pm

joejoem wrote:

This is what poor hippies say to make you think they are happy. I spent long enough without money but I much prefer being wealthy. I will chase more and more money until its hard for me to earn anymore. Money doesnt buy you happiness but it helps. No one has to know how much you have, but little things in life make it worth while.

God forbid I ever think like that. I never want to loose my hunger for money, its not the most important thing to me but its definitley hovering around the number two or three spot!

The article is not about poor hippies, it says people on over STG25K (EUR36K+) do not become happier the more they earn. So, going from no/very little money to a decent salary can make you happier, you can afford decent clothes, food, car, etc. But doubling your salary after that doesn't necessarily double your happiness.

The main point of the article is not just about money however. What is more interesting was their take on material things vs. experiences, both of which require a certain amount of money. They make the point that the novelty of a new car wears off quickly and you happiness with it doesn't last - but you can look back on a holiday for years to come. I would tend to agree with this, having been on a decent wage for some years I am starting to find I value my free time a lot more than a bonus or wage increase.

Kinetic^ · 31-01-2006 3:27pm

Having money, means no stress about where money comes from which effectively leaves you in a state with nothing else to think about which causes peolple to start to think about other things, which leads to depression.

So its either depression for having no money or depression coz you've got money, you can't win

lazydaisy · 31-01-2006 3:32pm

Money cant buy happiness but poverty can definitely buy sufferring.

Trix · 31-01-2006 3:35pm

money= me being happier. not necessarily eternal happiness.

constitutionus · 31-01-2006 4:07pm

well speaking as someones whos seen TWO generations of my family tear themselves apart over money i can say too much of it DEFINENETLY wont make you happy, to this day HALF my family wont talk to the other and only turn up at occasions they're OBLIGED to . in fact the MAIN reason two out of three irish companies fold is the family fighting over the original founders will.
i stated in another thread (what do you do?) that i went part time a few years back and the paycut IS a bitch but i wouldnt go back for anything. my quality of life is fantastic, i eat out, shop , go to the cinema , go for walks etc FOUR days out of seven and head out with the lads every week for a beer and all this on 130 euro a week, (mind you this IS after paying all the bills etc:) )
if i wanted to earn more i could,but to be honest im content

and when i look at all the mugs going mental on the M50 i laugh at the idea of going back to it

also as one of the other posters said, your HEALTH is your most important thing. the RICHEST guy i know, and he's literally a multi millionaire, has a genetic condition that means, because his wife shares it, that ANY boy they have will die by the time he's 7-10. he has three beautiful girls and he love's em , but he's had to watch FOUR of his sons die.
call me a hippy but i think hed give it ALL up to save his kids:(

darkman2 · 31-01-2006 7:17pm

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

i agree with this article,dont waste your life chasing material goods.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-2016859,00.html

Well, put it this way, if money meant unhappiness I wouldnt mind that type of unhappiness!

31-01-2006 9:31pm

Beruthiel wrote:

I've experienced both
without a shadow of a doubt, I will always pick happy + less money than unhappy + more money

Rich people say this so they can keep all the money to themselves.

Happiness= f(Money, Bursting Bubble Wrap, Lots of other things)

DublinWriter · 31-01-2006 9:37pm

Nope, but money + knowing how to enjoy money = happiness

money=hapiness?

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