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How Much Money Do You Need to be Happy?

April 30, 2009 by One Frugal Girl 3 Comments

Here’s an interesting thought on the correlation between money and happiness…

“On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 means ‘not at all satisfied with my life” and 7 means “completely satisfied,’ the people on Forbes magazine’s list of the 400 richest Americans average 5.8 – the same as the Inuit people in Greenland and the cattle-herding Masai of Kenya, who live in dung huts with no electricity or running water. [from Money Really Doesn’t Buy Happiness, by Whitley Strieber]

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  1. Moneymonk says

    April 30, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    I grade myself as a 7

    Reply
  2. Lazy Man and Money says

    May 1, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    Everything is relative. If you grow up in a cave, a simple bed might make make you extremely happy. If you grow up in a castle, going to a cave with a bed is probably going to make you sad.

    Expectations play a key role.

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  3. Early Retirement Extreme says

    May 1, 2009 at 8:17 PM

    You need enough money to cover all of your needs and a few of your wants.

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