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For most people, more money does in fact correlate strongly with more happiness. Who is the audience of this piece?
by ouid 9y ago
For most people, more money does in fact correlate strongly with more happiness. Who is the audience of this piece?
- iamacynic 9y agounhappy rich people.
- PaulRobinson 9y agoInitially, yes, but studies have shown over time you normalise and are just as unhappy as you were before you had more money. If I think of the people I know who are happy and unhappy, money isn't a great correlation factor, and I know people are borderline homeless through to millionaires - I know happy/unhappy people across capital worth and income spectrum. A better correlation for happiness is attitude and gratitude and enjoying the small things - the very things the article references.
- it_learnses 9y agoYep, from personal experience, after a certain amount of salary, my happiness level stayed the same. It would go up a bit maybe for a week or so after getting an increase, but I don't really feel happier than before even though I can travel more, and spend more.
- ouid 9y agothat certain amount of salary is well above average.
- it_learnses 9y agoyep absolutely. But it's way below 100k.