Can Money Buy Happiness?

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by Marlen Martinez-Chavez1 view·Updated Dec 13, 2020
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  1. think of your financial situation.
  2. Do you think that if you had more money, you
  3. would be happier?
  4. A debate starting question.
  5. Can money buy?
  6. Happiness has been around for the longest time, yet there
  7. is no definitive answer.
  8. Allan S.
  9. Roth from Forbes magazine, 2018 seems to think that although
  10. money can't buy happiness, it gives people the ability to
  11. pursue happiness while the lack of money can cause unhappiness.
  12. I think that depending on how you spend what you
  13. expect and your preexisting positivity status, money can be a
  14. factor in your happiness.
  15. People say that money can't buy happiness, but there's no
  16. doubt that money does indeed impact how happy or satisfied
  17. you are.
  18. When researchers air doing their studies on this topic, they
  19. always focus on either rich or poor people.
  20. I think there should be a variety of diverse individuals.
  21. Therefore, I went with an alternative approach that might not
  22. be appreciated.
  23. I went on to our slash as credit on reddit
  24. dot com 2015.
  25. The initial post asked the question.
  26. Can money buy happiness?
  27. Why, or why not?
  28. Looking over the response is the general consensus was that
  29. money does buy happiness one user named Citrus, 24 66
  30. bro. Being happy with your situation in life is a
  31. choice. Being happy on a boat is inevitable.
  32. If you can't afford a boat, you have to choose
  33. to be happy.
  34. Many people mentioned that the world revolves around money, and
  35. I couldn't agree more.
  36. These were real people, many answered anonymously.
  37. But in the end they contribute to the economy, and
  38. only they know why they answered the way they did.
  39. According to Andrew Blackman's article on The Wall Street Journal
  40. November 10th 2014, the latest research suggests that wealth alone
  41. doesn't guarantee a good life.
  42. It depends on how people spend it.
  43. He claims that investing in experiences instead of materialistic things
  44. provides more happiness in the long run.
  45. I think that just having the privilege to be able
  46. to choose between experiences and materialistic items is an example
  47. that money does buy freedom and opportunities which can turn
  48. into a happiness.
  49. I met a man who won the lottery in Greenfield
  50. a couple of years ago.
  51. He didn't want million, but he won more than he
  52. expected when talking to him.
  53. He told me that he overestimated what it would be
  54. like to have the extra money.
  55. Well, according to David article on Time magazine, August 7
  56. 2017. This seems to be the issue with those that
  57. went from poor to wealthy, he states.
  58. Even though stuff seldom brings you the satisfaction you expect
  59. you keep returning to the mall and the car dealership
  60. in search for more.
  61. Many people overestimate what money can do for them and
  62. expected to do all the work when in reality you
  63. have to be realistic in the first place.
  64. People will argue that having more money causes more stress.
  65. Ah, Western Illinois University article published on September 7 2018,
  66. states that this is true and that you be in
  67. having the fear that you will lose money and or
  68. being taken for granted because of your money and these
  69. air valid concerns.
  70. I'm not trying to say that someone's problems are less
  71. than someone else's, because only they know what they're going
  72. through. According to Tamara, Conduct er from Vice magazine, October
  73. 12 2017, it is so stressful to be poor that
  74. the stress is what could keep people in poverty.
  75. For example, she said that poor people end up spending
  76. so much energy figuring out how to pay their bills
  77. that they're left with less mental capacity to think of
  78. how how to improve their overall condition in the long
  79. run, leaving them stuck in their current financial situation or
  80. even making it worse.
  81. Just like being stressed from being poor can cause you
  82. to continue being poor.
  83. Philip C.
  84. Watkins book the Psych 101 Siri's Positive Psychology.
  85. When a 1 2015, they said, it is possible for
  86. happiness to create more income.
  87. Take a look at this graph by Betsey Stevenson and
  88. Justin Wolfers at the University of Michigan.
  89. It illustrates happiness levels compared to income in the US
  90. if you notice there's a lot more blue on there
  91. than expected, this means that even if people are poor
  92. or rich, if they have a positive mentality, they could
  93. make their money work for them.
  94. It is true that some people have to work harder
  95. than others, but that just makes it feel more deserving.
  96. Overall, it's true that money does not guarantee happiness, but
  97. it has the potential to contribute to your happiness and
  98. satisfaction with life.
  99. People have to consider how they're spending if they're being
  100. realistic and if they're genuinely willing to have a positive
  101. mindset, don't let money to find who you are.
  102. You have to define what money means to you.
  103. Thank you for your cooperation.