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noletaire said:

One thing is for certain: poverty will bring about unhappiness.
Wealth makes life a lot easier and you can make your dreams become reality and that could bring happiness. At the same time it won’t bring you love or true friendships and how much can you enjoy money if you don’t have either of those? I guess it depends on what your definition of happiness is?

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Agree completely. Another thing that’s interesting about money is how impossible it is to fathom going back down. I’ve done pretty well in my career but am not happy with a number of things. But the thought of taking a significant paycut to restart in another field is just so hard to imagine. You take for granted a certain lifestyle and I’m sure even billionaires do this. I’d imagine once you flew on a PJ hundreds of times you no longer even think of it as being amazing, it’s just what you do. Same with any material thing like cars or jewelry, it’s like a drug, just a real short high and then it wears off quickly. There’s also the constant “next thing”. Maybe it’s a vacation home or a boat or a bigger house and you think once I acquire that thing I’ll be satisfied. But then you do get it and you think, well if I could just get a bigger boat or nicer vacation home, etc etc. Interpersonal relationships and a satisfaction/purpose in your career are probably the two most important factors towards happiness, IMO.

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