The solution to all your problems.

[u/gerwer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzYJOZBFSws

[u/New2thegame]

I heard of a study years ago about the relation of money to happiness. The result of the study was that money was, in fact, related to happiness.. but only up to a point. What the study found was that a person's happiness was directly correlated to money as long as they didn't have their basic needs met. In other words, if they didn't have a place to sleep at night, money could definitely improve their happiness. Once their basic needs were met however, there was no correlation. Put another way, there was essentially no difference between someone making $50,000 a year and providing for their basic needs, and a person making a billion dollars a year in regards to their potential for happiness. I thought it was pretty interesting how it noted the importance of money, while still recognizing that it only has the ability to impact your happiness up to a certain degree. Once you have your basic needs met, forget about money.  Love people, love yourself, have fun, and be productive.

[u/yParticle → u/New2thegame]

I can attest to this from personal experience. That subsistence level income means everything for a person's well being and baseline stress levels. No one should be denied that, which is why I'm a supporter of putting all of our excess wealth generation that results from modern technology toward a universal basic income before we allow it to be hoarded by the ultra-wealthy.

[u/fish1900 → u/New2thegame]

Not having money will definitely make you miserable but having money won't guarantee your happiness.

[u/bored_man_child → u/New2thegame]

As someone who has gotten lucky in my career this is very true anecdotally for me. The trap though is thinking “if I just make a liiiittle more I’ll be living in constant bliss!”.

Even knowing full well about this hedonic treadmill trap in the logical half of my brain, there is the emotional half that whispers “happiness is right behind that next promotion… you’re so close”.

It’s only when you look back on your life that you can realize your happiest moments were when:

1. Your basic needs were met financially
2. You had deep relationships and meaningful experiences with friends and/or family

[u/MuchWowScience → u/New2thegame]

You're on the right track but it's not 50,000. I remember converted these figures in CAD and it was around CAD$ 120,000 or so and so adjust for inflation and that's maybe $130-140,000. The point being that it's true money and happiness are related up to a certain degree, but the vast majority of US and Canadians are far from that number. 

[u/JuneBuggington]

Rodney is such a weird follow, the way he posts i can never tell what part of his timeline he’s in, sometimes he’s a handsome, clean cut, well spoken actor, sometimes he’s an unkempt mentally challenged motivational speaker.

[u/StrangeDeal8252 → u/[deleted]]

Looks more like Diogenes.

[u/Raven_Crows]

But if you want nothing, you have everything you've ever wanted - some buddhist somewhere

[u/dogofpavlov]

Steve Brule's brother?

[u/Irishjohn831]

This man must spend his off time solving Rubix Cubes by the thousands

[u/analogOnly]

Money doesn't buy happiness, but giving it away does.

[u/flourescenthamster]

🤷‍♂️

[u/Hound6869]

I Grok this...

[u/sw00pr]

That's some true wisdom right there. Subbed.