Which is more important to you? Happiness or a healthy bank account? Or are the two inseperable?

I'd be interested in what people have to say.

Doing the right thing is more important.

I'm not getting at you, but I know how the first reply can set the tone for the whole thread.

The question was:

Both are equally unimportant to me, but I am sure that the two are separable.

I would personally rather be happy and good than rich.

It depends on what is important to you. What your life experiences have been so far, and what your expectations are.

i'd choose happy;i'm not much of a material girl...but can be if i'm in the material girl kind of mood, but happiness is better than money to me any day.

good, logical point..oh I went to the library, they didn't have the book.

not exactly inseperable but a healthy bank account can contribute to one's happiness.

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then she dances skirt swaying in the half-light she dances white blossom in the black sky
'I need new clothes', she thinks, 'new skin, a mind I can bear to live in'.

Agreed, although if some one said to me that I could either be given millions of pounds or be guaranteed to be completely happy till the end of my days, I would choose happiness every time.

oh yeah, me too.

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then she dances skirt swaying in the half-light she dances white blossom in the black sky
'I need new clothes', she thinks, 'new skin, a mind I can bear to live in'.

what sort of relationship do wealth and happiness have, then?

does increasing wealth always relate to the possibility of increasing happiness, or is there a threshold to this? how would the line look on a graph of level of happiness vs wealth. i can't think of a cleaner way to word that, but by "level of happiness" i don't mean wealth directly correlates to happiness, i mean how much more happy can increasing wealth help you become. is there some sort of relationship?

not just directed at you, anyone can jump in. i just think you raised an interesting point.

Both - I want a family - that would make me happy - but I want to be able to support them no matter what they want to do. I would like to expose them to other countries, ideas, cultures and languages, and I'd like to make sure they see plenty of art and music. That means money, especially things like music lessons and holidays.

I'd also like to have a spacious house and a constant supply of good books, music, films, etc, and that takes money too, but it would give me a huge amount of happiness.

So happiness, then?

did you make this thread as a result of a study done recently in australia abut happiness and the effect of certain increments of extra money?
and how rich people need a large amount of extra money to get one more point value of happiness whereas poorer people only aneed a smaller increase to get the same increas ein happiness.

makes sense.

im only prosperous at things that make me happy.

but i think i'd rather just be 'propserous' because quite frankly the thought of being constantly happy would make me just as suicidal as being constantly sad.

doing the right thing anymore is suicide
cos our convience(happiness and prosperity)
comes at the expense of the socalled "3rd world"
by design
so if you sustain survival in any sense you are morally despicable
haha
donating doesnt help because any acceptance or use of the means of exchange owned by those who set it all up onlyserves to strengthen it
so while donating might help an indivudal or a village for the time being
it onlyserves to propogate? the whole situation far into the future
they got "helping" onlocktoo
clever but super mean

(personal)happiness is a distraction

True. Forget both and aim for thawngsperity.

i know im an asshole hypocrit no need to rub it in

Tis ok. Even the messiah of Thawngasarus needs a little perspective now and then.

it brings up aninteresting idea of trascen-dance yet indulgence in the same
a friend of mine said he believes you can do both im not so sure

dont wink at me its creepy
haha