Happiness and how to spend money wisely to achieve it

[ysette9]

This looks like an interesting book. From the book review in The Economist:

This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most “happiness bang for your buck”. It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it). Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly

These ideas seem in line with the continual conversation w have on this site about happiness and how to achieve it in our lives.

Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending. By Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.

https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21579799-smarter-ways-spend-buy-buy-love?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/buybuylovemoneyandhappiness

[kamille]

I clicked on the article but it requires me to spend money on a subscription before reading it. ;-)

[wordnerd]

There's a TEDTalk from one of the authors: https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness

[ysette9]

I clicked on the article but it requires me to spend money on a subscription before reading it. ;-)

Ah, yes. Sorry about that. I forget that I do pay for The Economist. The best meat of the article was what I quoted above though, so you didn't miss too much.