Money should make you happy but if it doesn't then you are probably spending it the wrong way. See the eight suggested principles to help anyone to be able to get happiness from their money.
- buy more experiences and fewer material goods
- use your money to benefit others rather than yourself
- buy many small pleasures rather than fewer large ones
- eschew extended warranties and other forms of overpriced insurance
- delay consumption
- consider how peripheral features of your purchases may affect your day-to-day life
- beware of comparison shopping
- pay close attention to the happiness of others
These suggestions are not mine but are from the scientific findings of EW Dunn et al. They are valid suggestions which even without reading have been practicing. What are you take on these suggestions? Do you have more to add to what the researchers have discovered about this?
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https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/danielgilbert/files/if-money-doesnt-make-you-happy.nov-12-20101.pdfChoosing other people's happiness should be like achieving something, there is a saying that goes, "We rise by lifting others," and while doing your part to help others is not always simple, it brings you fulfillment. Since many people have done good deeds for me, I feel obligated to return the favor at least in an attempt to make the world a better place. The most painful aspect of this is that many people face hardships.
I believe that if we can manage how we spend money, it would truly help us very well and lower cost for us. One thing about we is that many of us don't have a scale of preference and waste money on things that are of no benefit to us. standard of living is seriously increasing to much bills to keep up with.