I found this article to be very interesting because the quest to make a lot of money seems to be a driving force in my education and work. The article stated that up money can impact a person's happiness up to $75,000. This makes a lot of sense to me since that would be an amount that would enable a person to be free from financial worry and still have money left over to be able to do things they enjoyed and to own nice things. I think the relationship between money and happiness is a complex one. While money seems so important desirebale, it has always been my experience that the more money I have, the more bills and expenses I seem to have too. I think the magic number for happiness can vary widely among individuals. For someone who has had a lot of money their whole lives and is used to living luxuriously, it might take more money to make them happy. For someone who has struggled and worried over money, less is probably needed to make them happy. However, I do think in general money makes people happier. One thing that did catch my attention in this article was that the povertly line for a family of four is $22,050. I cannot get over how incredibly low that is! For a family of four that seem nearly impossible for survival.
How much money would it take to make you happy?
