Friday, September 28, 2012

Is wealth tied to happiness?

Why I am passionate about this topic:

Happiness is something everyone strives for in their lives, including me. I want to learn more about the factors that decide what makes someone truly content with their lives. For example, is it money, career position, family, or something entirely else that determines this? Are the wealthiest people the happiest with their lives? And how can you 'measure' how happy someone is? Is there any accurate, unbiased way to do so? I want to find the answers to all these questions and more in my project.

What I already know:

Most people would automatically believe that having more money makes someone successful and automatically happier. After finding a few articles, I was able to find some interesting and controversial articles that may prove the contrary or may open up new ideas for research. Happiness is a versatile goal for our society, so I am really interested in learning more about it and its relationship to wealth and happiness.

7 comments:

  1. does the amount of money your peers have affect your happiness?

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  2. do physical traits affect happiness?

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  3. What psychological factors tie in with happiness?
    Do people strive more for money than happiness?
    Would more people do something that makes them miserable to get a lot of money? Or do something that makes them happy for less money?
    How long can money make one happy?
    How far do people go to be happy?
    Does media make people think money buys happiness




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  4. are rich people actually happy?
    are famous people actually happy?

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  5. Can where you grow up determine how happy you will be?

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  6. can the less wealthy still be happy?
    Is wealth and happiness related to personal health?

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