Money, Happiness And Happiness

Happiness is an emotion that can be very easily obtained however it can be very hard to get that intense of joy sometimes. The emotional state of being content is one of the most amazing feelings in the world. Although there is always that clique question, “Does money create happiness?” To answer that no it does not and there is various ways to prove it. Money is just a piece of paper that controls most of your life ,but happiness is not one of them.

Last year I spent so much time trying to figure how much happier I will be if I will make a big effort and start to earn more money. After some research I think that, even though UK Office of National Statistics show an interrelation between income and level of happiness, our emotional state is not correlated with financial sustainability as much as many people think because US National Academy of Science thinks that high income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being, and psychologist Daniel Kahneman and economist Angus Deaton also concluded that happiness doesn’t really increase above

Newark states in her article, that her friend thought happiness was to ‘generate an acceptable quantity of cash in the least amount of time possible’. Newark is right. Working in a brief period of time and earning a tremendous amount may cause you to be joyful - but it all comes to what you would do with the money after the hard work. While some may disagree, wealth is an element of happiness which I would agree to. Cash could potentially help gain happiness if you spend it wisely. Clearly, while it comes to personal preference - money does make the world go around. We need money to travel, to buy belongings and essentially to live. So, what is actually wrong with being happy, if you have that

In the article Does Money Buy Happiness? author Robert Easterlin discusses happiness, and what contributes and detracts from it. He also addresses the socio-economic paradigms that are of great influence to happiness, and of course, the correlation between happiness and the income of individuals and the correlation between happiness and the income of an entire country. Easterlin takes data from various sources to support the claims in his article.

According to Wall Street Journal writer Robert Frank (12 May 2017), “The research on wealth and happiness is filled with contradictions. For ages, studies showed that more money didn’t bring more happiness and that happiness plateaued at a certain income or wealth level once certain needs were met”. Happiness comes without a price tag, it gives the idea that the more money

There have been infographics shown that prove money doesn't buy happiness. One is from the TIME website where they show if they gain more money,

A question often asked is whether money can buy happiness or not, it is a “common assumption that money is critical for pursuit of the American Dream and individuals’ inalienable right to be happy” (Mogilner 1348). However, that is not often the case. Working longer hours often leads to a bigger paycheck which one might associate with happiness but, Mogilner found that “people are most happy when socializing and during intimate relations and least happy when working and commuting” (1348). In her study,

Dr. Jamie Hale claims, “Americans who earn $50,000 per year are much happier than those that earn $10,000 per year, but Americans that earn $5 million per year are not much happier than those that earn $100,000 per year” (Hale). This proves that a person with a family, a job they like, and enough money to the pay bills is just as happy as someone with considerable wealth. In the book “Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell says, “It’s not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether or not our work fulfills us” (Gladwell). Whether or not a person likes what they do for living is a major part of whether they’re happy or not. Happiness is also based on what is happening in a person’s life. For example, someone getting married or having a child will be happier than someone going through a divorce no matter how much money they

A person should always know if they are happy, because they should always be aware of their feelings. If they are not experiencing happiness, then they can devise a way to make themselves happy. When one does not focus on their own happiness, they will not be able to find a way to be happier. In addition, spending money or not giving to other people could also give a person happiness, contradicting Mill’s beliefs of giving away gives more euphoria. For example, “research . . . has found that people do get happier as their income increases . . . up to a certain level where they are comfortable” (Landau). When someone has money to can spend on themselves, they don’t have to worry about not having enough income and, furthermore, can satisfy themselves by buying things they enjoy. Another study says that “life satisfaction rises with higher incomes up to a household income of about 75000 . . . “ (Landau ). Money can buy people happiness, and they can feel more secure when they save a certain amount. Instead of spending it, keeping it can make a person feel safer and more stable, which can, in turn, make you happier. However, “a . . . study . . . comparing 22 major lottery winners with people who did not win, found no difference in happiness levels between the two groups” (Landau). Although spending or keeping money for oneself

A lot of times people become happy not because of money. Material things do not necessarily bring people happiness. That is a fact. And it only can buy temporary happiness. For example, when we were little kids, our parents bought us a lot of toys that we wanted. We like it, play with it for a couple of days. But overtime you get bored or it wears out then you don’t even want to bother anymore. Or the other example is when people win the lottery. At first they’re happy because they won and got a big amount of money. But after they spend all the money they’re not going to be happy anymore. People can see this pattern repeated constantly in their life. Therefore, material things will not bring people happiness. The phrase “wealth does not ensure happiness” is deceptively simple but is unfortunately not heeded by many in our society

Another weakness of this study is college students taking the survey. It would be best to expand the survey outside the university and focus on other populations rather than just concentrating on one group. This would give more sufficient data, especially since diversity is one of the main issues of this study. If given the chance, traveling to other cities and countries could help further explain the relationship between money and happiness, and examine whether an increase in income does cause a person to feel less or more satisfied. Also, this would present more findings for future research to study

Is happiness so cheap that you can buy it with money? Economics have proved that money cannot buy happiness by performing an experiment in which they used a scenario which describe that United States average income increased. People who say they are very happy has not increased which shows that higher income does not tells you how happy you are and does not gives you guarantee for your happiness in future (Lee 385). Absolute money does not define our happiness we only get happy if our income is better than our relatives. We do not know what happiness is and we ourselves substitute money with happiness; hence, we end up running for something we would never receive.

Landau states that “more money does not necessarily buy more happiness, but less money is associated with emotional pain” meaning money is materialistic and in the long run will not effect long term happiness (Landau 2). Money will buy you something materialistic that will be temporary in your life but after time fades you will eventually get bored until you find something new although it might have left you with some good memories and experience.

Many people say that money cant buy you happiness, well I don’t find that to be true. Having a large amount of money has become a dream in many peoples lives. Although money can buy you thing you want to make you happy, happiness is only bought by the people you surround your self with. Many people are convinced that money can buy a person happiness, however most happiness comes from families and friends. Money can buy you happiness because, money can buy you security, stress free, healthcare, and spend it with others.

There are many people claim that there is not any relationship between money and happiness. However, I believe that there is a direct relationship between money and happiness. Research shows that being able to provide our basic needs and higher-level wants leads us to a happy life. The relationship between money and happiness is like the relationship between food and body. “The importance of money in human life is similar to the importance of food for the body. Just like you can’t live even for a few days without food, you can’t survive for long without money.”(Singh, 2015).Having access to our necessities, being able to participate in leisure activities, and being able to help our friends, are things which make us happy; and we need money for having them.So, for being happy in our life,