Money can't buy happiness, but it allows you to be miserable in better surroundings with a better class of people, which is enough for many.
I would venture to guess that there are more than a few who are in a position to relate.
I agree with the sentiment, in a sort of a general knowledge way, but in reality I'm not hobbying as much as I would like these days because I'm still digging out of a financial hole that was years in the making, though I'm happy to say I'm making progress and hope to return to a semblance of my glory days before my flesh folds.
In any case, I'd like to leave with an adage from a country singerl (Dolly Parton, I think) who said: (paraphrasing)
I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.
Any takers?
You can be cash poor and rich in other things. I've had a ton of money and miserable. I'm not rich or poor but very happy money doesn't affect me the way it used to. Now things that are free make me happy. Volunteering, growing food, walking my dog.
Happiness is a state of mind and money doesn't have anything to do with it. Appreciate the little things in life so one can enjoy the bigger things when they come. Just my .2
It's pretty common knowledge that people who don't have enough money to live on, or don't make enough to treat themselves to some fun are going to be unhappy. However, the rich can be unhappy, too, because money can become an addiction; the more they make, the more they want, and they can wind up chasing the wind. As I alluded to in a recent post, psychologists have found that after $60,000 a year (unless you're in a place like New York, Washington D.C. or San Francisco), more money does not equate to more happiness. In the end, it's what we do with our lives, and our relationships, that make us happier, I think. And I think that in the hobbying world, we tend to have some fantastic relationships without the bullshit that traditional marriages bring.
.... nowhere in mrfisher's post does the word "happiness" appear. He is not asking are rich people happier. He is literally asking which is BETTER. My vote is richer.
but I have had times with money and times without. "Without" sucks balls,
I completely agree with your vote and second it.
Money simply for money's sake is a waste, having money and spending on things that make you happy and/or bring you joy is a completely different matter. Obviously "pussy" is one of those things that both makes me happy and brings me joy, and while money can't buy you love, it can certainly buy you pussy. lol
The story was all about happiness and money.
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... I stand somewhat corrected.
Do your research and don't fall in love.
Having been in both situations, having a bit of money gives me a more relaxed mindset -- I'm not worried about meeting obligations if I have sufficient funds coming in to cover the necessaries and have enough left over to indulge a bit. The more relaxed I am, the better time I will have and so will the people in my life.
This includes the sessions I have with the women who have agreed to see me. I can meet with them, bring along a token of my esteem and we both have a lovely interlude. I'm then more relaxed and have an even better outlook on things.
So yes, having enough money is a good thing and helps make life a more enjoyable experience. This is even more important as we get further along the time line and realize that there is no longer an infinite number of sunrises in our future. Time to go gather some more rosebuds!
I've made much, much more money in years past than I do now. Almost everything that's bringing me down right now is due to lack of funds.
I would hobby much more if finances permitted. I'd travel more. I would most definitely be happier, and so would my cock.
Attributed to many including Sophie Tucker and Mae West, but the earliest known appearance in print is from 1937 in the Washington Post gossip column attributed to Beatrice Kaufman.
an adage from a country singerl (Dolly Parton, I think) who said: (paraphrasing)
I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.
It's not like anyone else will. 8o(
(Yup, it's an oldie but goldie.)
Money can't buy happiness, but it allows you to be miserable in better surroundings with a better class of people, which is enough for many.
I know quite a few people who have a lot of money, and little to no "class".
I understand the meaning which you tried to achieve, but yeah, money does not buy class.
Pick your friends. It's just as you move up the economic scale you have a wider selection of who you want to hang with.
But Dolly Parton looked better saying it.
I just wanna know where you got that picture of me with the sailfish?
All this talk about being happy or not, having money definitely helps not having to worry about paying the bills and having the freedom to do things and help other, Yes happiness is a state of mind, so why not be rich with a happy state of mind.
Also miserable/depressed people are going to be that way either way, so its better to be rich and miserable.
The easiest way to have what you want is to want what you have.
The rats will come out of the woodwork if they find out you have wealth.
I find it's best if they think you are "getting by". Family thinks they are entitled to your wealth, if they think you have some.
My answer to your implied question is, I don't want to be rich, and I'll never be poor again as I was during my college days. I'd more likely die of lead poisoning if I were ever that poor again. It took too damn long to get to this level of comfort and it's not worth the effort again.
Disinformation, is the most useful information.
I don't know about rich but I grew up poor. What that left behind was a constant concern aboit money. I think that when you have to worry about making the next rent payment (as opposed to the next oil change on the Porsche), it introduces a tremendous amount of stress that, if left unchecked, can affect you emotionally and physically. It affects your ability to decide rationally and even to enjoy what may be good in your life. So I don't think about rich vs. poor so much as feeling secure vs. insecure. The latter is miserable.
Being a SLAVE to money is bad news!! Years ago when I was seeing a therapist for a mini-life crisis I used to attend group therapy sessions at one of the local hospitals that had a very good behavioral health unit. A LOT of the guys who attended those sessions were very wealthy men...Wall Street hot-shots, lawyers, investment bankers, etc. These were some of the most fucked up, miserable people you'd ever want to come across!! Busted up marriages, kids who disowned them, alcohol and drug problems...you name it, they had it!! ALL of those guys were money OBSESSED 24/7...the phrase "the best things in life are free" was a completely foreign concept to them!!
I'm by no means a religious man...but I believe wholeheartedly in the Bible verse that says the LOVE of money is the root of all evil!! This is one of life's ultimate truths!!
It's not the money itself that is the root of all kinds of evil, but the "love" of same.
In other words, it's our individual responsibility to bear up to the challenge, and not shift the blame to the lucre.
I use to think that making 100 K a year was "it", but then I hit that milestone and I realised that the more you make, the more you spend and buying stuff doesn't make you happy. It just fills up your house. I make much less these days, but I'm much more happy because I appreciate things more.