Comment on I'm not asking to be rich.
pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoHappiness can be elusive and multidimensional, but money sure gets rid of a lot of daily stress. Like most of it. And when you get rid of stress, that relief can sure feel like happiness by comparison to what you’re used to.
confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
100% true. The absence of pain can feel like pleasure for a time. All senses including our emotional sense work by contrast.
Anyone with rich friends knows that money doesn’t buy happiness. I have two friends who retired with $70 million in the bank 10 years ago. They are miserable. They spend money like mad trying to feel happy and it does not work. Meanwhile I work full time and have a fairly good salary for my area and feel happy more often than not.