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"Happiness doesn’t change much over $50k" Every time I hear this I cringe. I was much happier making $180K than I was making $60K. I could go out more often, p
by krisroadruck 9y ago
"Happiness doesn’t change much over $50k"
Every time I hear this I cringe. I was much happier making $180K than I was making $60K. I could go out more often, purchase more of my wants and needs without worrying about mounting credit card debt. Afford to live in a non-shit-tier apartment, and still have money left over to tuck away a decent emergency savings fund without it taking a decade to reach 6 months living expense backup savings. Who came up with this figure I wonder?
- roel_v 9y agoIt's a since discredited number from studies on gallup polls. I think it was the freakonomics blog that had a series of posts outlining the issues with it; since then there were more rigorous studies concluding that the earlier conclusion was not valid.
- jakobegger 9y agoBut where do you live? In many cities $50k is more than enough to live in a decent appartment.