Why do people say \”Money doesn\’t make you happy\”?
I work full time and know for a fact that I am happy when I get paid. My mood changes considerably a fortnight before next payday when my money is nearly all gone
I work full time and know for a fact that I am happy when I get paid. My mood changes considerably a fortnight before next payday when my money is nearly all gone
because money cannot buy you love
Money may not make you happy but a lack of it can make you distinctly unhappy.
because you can be skint and happy, or rich and unhappy. people seem to think that being financially rich is their biggest aim in life rather than thinking about personal enrichment, love and friendship. id rather be unemployed with a loving partner and good friends, then have a high earning job but be lonely.
Most people usually say money doesn’t make them happy… because they don’t have any
But when you have debts, fees, charges mortgages etc I know damn well money makes you happy!
Well think about what you spend the money on, and your real reasons for getting those things. Are they JUST for you? Say you buy a car. Do you JUST need that car to go to work? Or do you drive it to hang around with your friends and/or enhance your social life? What if you didn’t have friends or loved ones? If your work was your life and you lived for the money. You’d be miserable as hell.
i will be happy as long as my health stays ok,i am skint now but i am happy,there is more to life than money….
cos the ultimate happiness is love. Other things bring you momentarily happiness, love and real love lasts forever, corny but true,
I too feel happy- very happy, when I come into money, but I can see how the love thing works, think about why you are happy you have been paid: it means a good time with mates for eg, and this is boils down to the compassion and love in a friendship. If its cos your bills are paid- this is more essential, and the psychology goes that if you have all your practical needs met,: food shelter…etc, then love is all you need. If you wnt a bigger house, bigger car…etc then think about why, is it because you want regocnition within your friends or people whom you socialise with? again, this is about wanting to be loved, accepted and remembered but reading it as that if you have x,y and z then you’ll have the persons acceptance and admiration.
I do agree with you though, but then I am in debt and as I am in debt it means even ther food I buy myself to survive on (eg a basic need) is not mine, its borrowed, so when I come into money, it makes me feel happy. Prehaps if I wasnt in debt things might feel different.
I thiink today that with both the culture we have been brought up on (objects are all we seem to feel we need as this is what the media tells us) and money being so fragile- its so easy to find yourself in financial difficulty and so have your basic needs not met, that its difficult to let it all “go” and realise that love is really whats most important in life.
my mother has got quite a considerable amount in the bank, and me and my husband hardly have any, we save for what we need want, our children dont go without, and we have lots of friends and have lots of fun together as a family, but my mother whenever i phone her moans about something or other, or another bill coming in, which she can pay, or says she seen something but it will have to wait till she has the money, when she could really buy ten of them, and it wouldnt make a difference to her bank balance.
We enjoy family seaside breaks, and pay for them on a weekly basis out of a budget, and have a wonderful time, whereas my mother could go on a world cruise three times over, but still wouldnt be satisfied. I know at the end of the day my friends phone cos they want to talk to me, not because they have to, and my kids give me and my hubby a big kiss and a cuddle just because, and we tell each other we love each other just because………..i am rich in other ways , with friends and love and happiness, which i prefer knowing if the worst happened i would be truly missed……
Its a much more complicated question then you may have thought.
It really all depends on who’s asking. If you are Poor, or Middle Class then money will in fact bring you happiness. The reason for this is obvious: you have bills to pay and you’re looking for that feeling of comfort. (knowing that this month is taken care of)
However, once you look at the rich it’s a different story. They already have money, their bills are paid, necessities are taken care of, and they realize that money is not enough.
I tried to simplify the explanation as much as I could so I don’t ramble on for a page, but I hope it helped.
Good Luck!
Money really doesn’t guarantee happiness though and if you’re lonely, or unfortunate to suffer from ill health, then it’s not going to be of much benefit to you. That’s not to say that I would like to be absolutely penniless either and fear unexpected bills or higher winter bills, etc; but if I have enough money to buy food, pay the rent and to generally get by, then I’m happy.
the actual expression is “money CAN’T make you happy”
however the opposite is true, lack of money makes you unhappy.
think of it from this point. I earn a decent salary, plus have a part time income for some evening work I do, on top of that because of my disability I get DLA and my wife gets carers allowance. Between us we have an income (net, not gross) of over 30K however because of my disability I am in constant pain, need help going to the toilet and am pushed around in a wheelchair if I want to go more than a couple of hundred yards a day. I would happilly give up the money for my health back……………
so money cant buy me happiness, it helps ease the burden, but it cant buy my health back
Cliches are only partially true. The following sayings all contain exactly the same amount of truth.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
The love of poverty is the root of all evil.
Money cannot buy you happiness.
Poverty cannot buy you happiness.
I would rather be poor and happy than rich and sad.
I would rather be rich and happy than poor and sad.
Because there are a lot of rich people who are completely miserable. Also, rich people don’t want to admit that they have it better in live than poor people. Being broke all of the time is just the worst.
If you reread your question the answer is there.
You want money and you are sad, you get money and you are happy.
Money is affecting your mood in a cycle. You have to step outside this and find other things to make you happy - otherwise you will stay in this cycle.
Money not making you happy but making you both happy and sad.