What's more important to you?
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The most important thing in life is HEALTH!
Life= Health, happiness and then money why? because money cannot buy the first two!
Money can buy private health cover, money can improve your health if it's faulty
Anyone can pay for private health care its not that expensive!
Exactly! My mobile phone contract is more expensive than my private health insurance per month. By nearly a 100% margin too.
Personally I've recently found out out that helping others brings me happiness.
I still want a substantial car collection and a comfortable lifestyle, but I'm not as fussed about that ambition of a big house and lots of land, lots of designer stuff and etc.
I have a passion for cars so that requires money (and a lot of it at that).
Put it this way; I bought some clothing/shoes recently and prior to that I hadn't bought anything in quite a while. It brought me happiness for a couple of days or so, that's human nature.
You acquire new goods that you've been wanting for some time, you acquire these items and then what?
You get bored and tired and end up wanting more.
I still want a substantial car collection and a comfortable lifestyle, but I'm not as fussed about that ambition of a big house and lots of land, lots of designer stuff and etc.
I have a passion for cars so that requires money (and a lot of it at that).
Put it this way; I bought some clothing/shoes recently and prior to that I hadn't bought anything in quite a while. It brought me happiness for a couple of days or so, that's human nature.
You acquire new goods that you've been wanting for some time, you acquire these items and then what?
You get bored and tired and end up wanting more.
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And perhaps there's a reason for that!
And what might that be, you cheeky sod?
Yeah, but having a passion for cars just means you appreciate beauty! After all, would you trust somebody who didn't think a Ferrari 250 Testarossa was gorgeous?
It always find this a strange one, I am not rich by any stretch of the imagination but the happiest time of my life was working in a shop with a small 1 bed flat.
Could walk to work, didn't leave much spare (about £40 a week) but paid for a couple of nights out a week. Orange Wednesdays etc and a night at the pub.
Then a good job came around and I gave it up for 3 x the hourly rate and 62hr weeks. Yeah I had comparatively a lot of dosh but was miserable tired and ultimately the worst thing lonely.
Then same thing happened again, had a 9 to 5 which was literally just a 9 to 5 with poor pay. Living with gf had to get a car drive to work but didn't cost me much.
The chance comes up for a better job and find myself working 50-80hr weeks. Again can afford much more but tired and lonely. I want to choose the happy easy life but there is always something that won't let me. Have to go for it even though ultimately I know it's not what I want
Could walk to work, didn't leave much spare (about £40 a week) but paid for a couple of nights out a week. Orange Wednesdays etc and a night at the pub.
Then a good job came around and I gave it up for 3 x the hourly rate and 62hr weeks. Yeah I had comparatively a lot of dosh but was miserable tired and ultimately the worst thing lonely.
Then same thing happened again, had a 9 to 5 which was literally just a 9 to 5 with poor pay. Living with gf had to get a car drive to work but didn't cost me much.
The chance comes up for a better job and find myself working 50-80hr weeks. Again can afford much more but tired and lonely. I want to choose the happy easy life but there is always something that won't let me. Have to go for it even though ultimately I know it's not what I want
The way I have experienced it:
More money -> More Materialistic Responsibilities -> More Stress -> Less Happiness.
In my book happiness trumps wealth any day.
And what might that be, you cheeky sod?
Yeah, but having a passion for cars just means you appreciate beauty! After all, would you trust somebody who didn't think a Ferrari 250 Testarossa was gorgeous?
Haha, it is a thing to behold.
However it's not just the beauty, I enjoy the way cars sound, the mechanical feeling when you change gear.
A drive at night can clear your mind, it is also a liberation machine if you think about it.
I think the less stress you have the more likely you are to find true happiness, that is to say the money takes care of the "noise" and leaves you more time to find the path to contentment.
The money may not be the direct route, but it sure as hell gives you the breathing room to find out what it is and how you get there. Chances are it'll facilitate the latter too.
So in conclusion, I think money does indeed bring happiness. Eventually. If the beholder has a clue.
The money may not be the direct route, but it sure as hell gives you the breathing room to find out what it is and how you get there. Chances are it'll facilitate the latter too.
So in conclusion, I think money does indeed bring happiness. Eventually. If the beholder has a clue.
So is that a vote for happiness or money, dude? Reads like a happiness vote from here!
Too right, Bruce Springsteen has made a living out of singing about how cars are exactly that!
You know that my polls aren't going to make it to the ONS. Snail or slug still hasn't made it to their database yet.
Lets hope snail never does.
As for money and happiness, if you can only perceive happiness from possessions, then you will be forever disappointed.
I've lived most of my life thinking that buying more and more stuff will make me happy (I blast through hobbies by buying the most expensive 'kit' I can afford, then quickly lose interest - e.g. RC Helis, bought a few £100+ helis and have barely ever used them)
I fear (for lack of a better term) that if I ever won the lottery and bought a mansion and all the other **** that goes with being rich, that maybe one day I would sit there, alone, and think **** me this all just ****. I'm no happier. I just have more possessions.
I'd love to find happiness within (however cringe that sounds), but how do you know when you do?
Apologies if that makes < 17% sense. It may be the whiskey typing
You're at your best at <=17% sense.
But Juses Crust, you made a post that was actually goddamn brilliant. Y'know, minus the slug fagetry at the beginning. <3
