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Board Economics
Re: Money and happiness.
by
hodllord
on 16/01/2022, 13:55:52 UTC
There is a popular opinion in the locale that "A man who has money doesn't easily get angry or offended, lol". This statement goes the other way as well, that "A man who doesn't have money is easily offended by everything and everyone".

I have put this statement on analysis a lot in mind, trying to watch my mood and correlate my happiness with the amount of money I have each time. Everytime it seems like i have overspent and almost becoming broke, there is a feeling of irritation and sadness that comes with it. Also when i get some credit alerts, there is an associated joy.

I know it is not proper to tie your happiness to finance, but i did some research into the subject and found a study that was conducted with the result that happiness increases with the amount of money one makes up until a point  where there is no greater degree of happiness from making money, but unhappiness if ones income drops beneath that range.

(See study here - https://www.c[Suspicious link removed]m/2017/11/20/how-much-money-you-need-to-be-happy-according-to-wealth-experts.html)


What is your opinion on the subject of "money & happiness"?


A lot of my friends said that you can't be happy just because of money.

They are somewhat correct. But the same realization as you, I felt that money is needed for us to become happy.
I also get easily irritated if I felt that my cash flow is
slowly becoming poor.

So I think it is in human nature that we felt happy if we are secured and not thinking on what and where you will get the money to buy food for tomorrow.