Can money buy happiness?

What is happiness? The most ambiguous question posed in the universe other than “What is love?” It is often associated with this question about money and if the more you have, the happier you will be. Well, can you? Is happiness for sale? Is there a store in your local mall that exchanges happiness for some of your hard-earned money?

Wikipedia defines happiness as;

Happiness, pleasure or joy is the emotional state of being happy. The definition of happiness is one of the biggest philosophical dilemmas. Proposed definitions include freedom from need and distress, awareness of the good order of things, security of one’s place in the universe or society, inner peace, etc.

The first proposal in the Wikipedia definition refers to this very question, “… freedom from misery and heartbreak …” So if money can free you from misery, surely it must be able to buy you happiness! Right?

Financial freedom is the state that most people pursue. The ability to pay your way with everything without having to check your credit card statement with fear and fear.

That is why we establish pension funds, we play the lottery, we spend more time working than playing with our children. We hope one day to be independent from a boss, from a budget, from any constraints that may limit our desire to be happy. Spend as long as we had the inclination.

Well. This is just frivolous spontaneity. It bursts into the screens of our life for a short time and as fast as it came, it goes away. That is a superficial expectation of happiness. I want a happiness that survives time. Can money buy that?

If money can buy happiness, how much would I need and how much would it make me happy? I made a couple more bucks this month on my AdSense account, but it wasn’t even a sign of happiness on the radar. So how much would you need?

John Silveira’s article “Money can buy happiness” Said this …

How much do the experts say is enough? In a study by Andrew Oswald and Jonathan Gardner at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, they found that around $ 1.5 million tax-free brought most people to the top 2% on the scale of happiness. Their study also revealed that, at the lower end of the scale, every $ 75,000 moves 1/10 to 3/10 standard deviations (which is a measure of how the statistical data is distributed) up the “happiness” scale. “.

I know John has a lot of statistical evidence showing that maybe money CAN buy you happiness, but for me the jury is still out. I know many people who earn less than A $ 20,000 a year and who are happier than some people with double incomes who make A $ 100,000 a year.

I think it has more to do with satisfaction and self-identity than with the amount of money you have or earn. If you strive for more money and know that you are not making it, this will lead to all kinds of anxiety problems that will deprive you of happiness.

Perhaps learning to be content and setting achievable goals for our money is the key to happiness?