When people hear and talk about happiness, there is a tendency to attach it to business, career, and monetary success. There is a good chance you have that thought as well. Especially when you’re worried about your future prospects and financial security, it’s hard not to tie happiness to money. Saying that, everyone does have an idea of what happiness looks like to them, apart from material success. So how do you define happiness?
Is happiness something more tangible?
If you’re someone who thinks of happiness as something that is tangible, you might attach more importance to material and monetary gains. You might think of happiness in terms of security, and that financial security is seen as crucial to your happiness.
In fact, as much as we say not to tie to much of your happiness to money, people have reported that money is an important factor to their sense of happiness.
The ideal income for individuals is $95,000 a year for life satisfaction and $60,000 to $75,000 a year for emotional well-being.
In many ways it makes total sense. If you’re stressed and worried about your future, and your health and well-being, it’s going to be very hard to be happy.
What about your personal achievements?
Personal achievements can rank pretty high on the list of things that give people a sense of happiness and satisfaction. This could be totally independent of how much money you make or your successes at work. Some people, for example, take great satisfaction and feel a true sense of fulfilment when they improve in an interest or hobby. Some painters and artists feel this way simply through the act and process of painting and creating.
The sense of knowing you’re doing something important to yourself, to your self-improvement, can have drastic long term benefits to your emotional and mental well-being.
How else can you define your happiness?
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