Comments on: Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness

By: hank

hank — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:23:02 +0000

It’s been slung around a hundred different ways, but one other version is: “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy things that make you happy”… I dunno, it is strange, when I first had MONEY making 5 dollars an hour, I thought I was rich and could get anything a 15 year old could want. As life progresses though, the more we make the more we want… It must be a never-ending cycle! Know any multi-gazillionaires to ask? Good post -

By: remodelingthislife

remodelingthislife — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:52:39 +0000

@nottheplan – so well said! thanks!

By: nottheplan

nottheplan — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:33:54 +0000

I certainly want to get to a point where I have more money to buy things and be more financially set for the future, but I don’t think I’ll be happier at that point, maybe just a different kind of happy. I recognize that I’ve spent the last six years of my marriage very happy and money has not been abundant at all. Money certainly didn’t buy that happiness.

By: remodelingthislife

remodelingthislife — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:09:28 +0000

“I think life is all about balance. It’s just that everyone has different scales.”

Very very true!

By: BeThisWay

BeThisWay — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:28:19 +0000

See, the shopping for me is still a really fun way to de-stress. Though it’s in clearance racks and the good feeling comes from getting a super bargain, not in spending lots of money.

I hope someday to be fiscally healthy enough to switch my stress-releaser to cleaning. The only time I clean when I’m stressed is if I’m really, REALLY angry. And then it’s usually the same spot on the counter for 10 minutes.

My house would sure be cleaner, and my bank account bigger.

Exercising would be good too. My butt would be smaller.

I think life is all about balance. It’s just that everyone has different scales.