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UnsteadyOwl posted...

I've seen a study before testing the old saying that money doesn't buy happiness which found that it sort of is and isn't true. There are unhappy rich people, but most people's level of happiness in life does go up as their income goes up. So it's probably better to say money doesn't guarantee happiness, but it does go a long way toward making you happier.

I might be thinking of a different study, but I thought the happiness only went up with income up to a certain point? The thing is that you reach thresholds where you don't have to stress about financial emergencies and then later the point where you can just buy whatever you want without having to think about it. Additional money after the former isn't going to impact you as drastically, and additional money after the later is basically doing nothing other than feeding an addiction to seeing a number go up. The happiest people are probably going to fall in between the two.