Notes on: Can Money Buy Happiness?
- Jon Vassallo
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min read
'Can Money Buy Happiness?' is taken from the course 'Managing Happiness,' by Arthur Brooks on edX.org.
How Does Money Affect Happiness?
Happiness and unhappiness are not necessarily the opposite of each other. They are distinct, occur in different parts of the brain, and impact our lives in different ways.
Increasing your happiness does not mean lowering your unhappiness and vice versa. It is important to make this distinction in order to understand how money impacts our wellbeing.
Money does not raise happiness, but it does have the power to reduce and sometimes eliminate unhappiness.
If your car broke down and you are now being forced to wake up extra early because you now depend on public transportation to get to work and it takes double the time, then having some money to fix your car will certainly alleviate a major source of stress and unhappiness for you.
However, getting your car fixed did not make you happier, it just made you less unhappy. This is an important distinction to make because otherwise you may be tempted to pursue money by working long hours or a difficult job to get thinking it will make you happier, but not only does it not work, it also takes away from things that do actually make you happier.
How can money be used as a tool to help with happiness?
If you are spending all your time working, then that means you are spending less time with your family and friends, which does actually bring you happiness.
Money can be used as tool to bring about more happiness, but it's not from buying more stuff, it's by investing in experiences with people you love. If you can use money to free up your time for quality experiences with close relationships, then that will make you happier.
You can consider spending money on a maid or outsourcing some other chore or task to someone else, to free up more of your time.
Money may not buy happiness, but it has the power to lower unhappiness and breakdown barriers that are preventing you from connecting with close friends and family, and building meaningful memories that will make you experience more joy and happiness.
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