What price happiness?

[Pork]

Laughingman21 said:

As long as my income exceeds my excpenses, I'm happy.

(That said, if anyone wants to give me a few million quid, I would graciously accept the offer)

I agree with that, so long as I keep earning and its even £1 more than I need, financially, I'll be happy. I voted for £1m as that would be nice home (and a couple of nice cars, this being PH), with a bit left over for security.

Would be nice to have more time with the wife and family, that would hopfully allow that.

[Jasandjules]

johnfm said:

Studies suggest that the absolute figure is not as relevant as the figure relative to your peers.

Really? That makes me quite sad.

I hope that my peers do well financially and health wise, but if I do better or worse than them it bothers me not, as long as I am comfortable and happy.

[Otispunkmeyer]

ewenm said:

I don't measure happiness through "things". I measure it through having time to do what I enjoy, so for me it's less about money and more about balance in my life. I guess I'm fortunate that I enjoy cheap activities (walking/running in the great outdoors, going to the playground with my daughter etc).

This (which is why the poll asks for a lump or cash sum, not salary or money for work done).

For me, yeah sure I would be happier with more money in the bank. But, conversely I reckon the amount of work required would curb that happiness right back down. Unless of course it is a job I love doing or is my own business which I am passionate about. Those are the exceptions... If I had to make more money by being a corporate financing drone grinding out 100 hour weeks in a London office before being shafted on high rent/mortgage/season tickets etc I think I'd be the most miserable tt on the planet. That life and its perceived riches is not for me. Floats some peoples boats though! masochists!

[SystemParanoia]

Unlimited money = unlimited happiness for me.

so the more i get the happier ill be.

seeing as all my hobbies.. or at least hobbies i want to do are expensive, this would work well for me.


Just call me tony Stark

[Getragdogleg]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Just to add, if you tick any box except the £0 box then the vote you are actually making is "I could not be happy without money/wealth".

bks. Give me £100 million and I would make a lot of people seriously happy, properly happy as in satisfied and productive, with a good sense of self worth and no worries.

People lack the imagination to be successfully philanthropic these days, too much me me me and no clue about how to enrich the lives of those around you.

[Jasandjules]

Getragdogleg said:

bks. Give me £100 million and I would make a lot of people seriously happy, properly happy as in satisfied and productive, with a good sense of self worth and no worries.

People lack the imagination to be successfully philanthropic these days, too much me me me and no clue about how to enrich the lives of those around you.

Indeed. Easy to give away 75m and still be rich enough to be happy for life. And can you imagine how much happiness giving away that much money would bring you?!!?

[Getragdogleg]

Jasandjules said:

Getragdogleg said:

bks. Give me £100 million and I would make a lot of people seriously happy, properly happy as in satisfied and productive, with a good sense of self worth and no worries.

People lack the imagination to be successfully philanthropic these days, too much me me me and no clue about how to enrich the lives of those around you.

Indeed. Easy to give away 75m and still be rich enough to be happy for life. And can you imagine how much happiness giving away that much money would bring you?!!?

As it happens goes I think that a large abrupt cash injection into a persons life can cause problems, far better to sit them down, tell them you were going to make them stable and that they would have no money worries ever again provided they were sensible.

Create jobs, interesting jobs that people feel happy doing, jobs with structure and the ability to move up the ladder if desired or remain where you want to be if you are happy, jobs to fit the person.

Help build communities by having good facilities that people want to use and not the poorly planned Council "legacy" projects that take funding away from proven community services.

I run a business, I think my staff are happy, they certainly seem to stay in our employment for a long time and have fun at work, we have an interesting mix of work projects and hobby projects on the go and the workshops are open for employees use 24 hours a day.

The main thing is that as an employer I am not looking to get rich off the sweat of others, I just want to provide good stable jobs for the long term. If I had the aforementioned huge amount of money I could expand this ethos and make a lot of people very happy in their lives.

Edited by Getragdogleg on Friday 21st September 20:24

[smegmore]

£0: 6%
£1,000: 0%
£10,000 : 2%
£50,000: 5%
£100,000: 5%
£500,000: 16%
£1m: 8%
£5m: 18%
£10m: 14%
£100m: 25%
This was the count when I voted prior to posting this.

I went for the jackpot as I would give away most of it, 0.5 mil would be more than enough for what I would like to do.

[turbobloke]

Responses to a contemporary survey have revealed that a life of luxury is perceived as attainable well below tycoon status.

Article said:

Most believe they could afford to a life of luxury on £4,413 a month after tax and National Insurance are deducted. The poll of 2,000 people also revealed that most think they need a take home income of £1,722.50 which is £26,500 a year before tax and National Insurance are deducted, to survive each month. They believe they could live comfortably on £1,922 a month, around £30,000 a year.

Click

[SystemParanoia]

i earn less than the lower figure

life of luxury.. for me this equates to the GDP of USA, Shell, BP and Esso combined. this would make me truly happy in every way possible.

but i'd settle for £100m p/m if i really had to.

why take any less than you can possibly get for yourself if its freely on offer

[MitchT]

I'm perfectly happy with the amount of money I have. What I'm not so happy about is that house prices, food prices, utility bills and petrol prices aren't 50% lower.

[Jasandjules]

I have enough money to live very well until the day I die. As long as I die Weds...

[Pothole]

230TE said:

Since I saw this for sale:

http://www.brown-co.com/full-details?profileID=100...

Nothing less than £20m will do.

Failing that, and given my financial state, I'll settle for £500.

Bloody long way from civilisation, Spilsby. You'd use the airstrip a lot, I reckon!

ETA: although it is near a village called Mavis Enderby. Driving through there would always make me smile.

Edited by Pothole on Monday 29th October 23:08

[Calitri]

Money and happiness are two different things. From my experience I know many people who have little and are very happy, and a few with lots who are desperately unhappy.

But you don't know what it's like until you've got it so you strive for more, but once you've got it you'll look back on your previous, simple life as some of your fondest memorys.

This of course depends on whether you earn it or get given it

Edited by Calitri on Monday 29th October 23:25

[SystemParanoia]

given please

[Insanity Magnet]

Where's the tablets option? (yes, I have read the preamble).

[BlackVanDyke]

I'd dearly, desperately love not to be reliant on state-funded care at the moment. Not exactly happiness but it'd be a dramatic and immediate improvement in my anxiety/mental health levels. We're all just waiting for the next cut - it's horrific.

[mdavids]

Getragdogleg said:

As it happens goes I think that a large abrupt cash injection into a persons life can cause problems, far better to sit them down, tell them you were going to make them stable and that they would have no money worries ever again provided they were sensible.

Create jobs, interesting jobs that people feel happy doing, jobs with structure and the ability to move up the ladder if desired or remain where you want to be if you are happy, jobs to fit the person.

Help build communities by having good facilities that people want to use and not the poorly planned Council "legacy" projects that take funding away from proven community services.

I run a business, I think my staff are happy, they certainly seem to stay in our employment for a long time and have fun at work, we have an interesting mix of work projects and hobby projects on the go and the workshops are open for employees use 24 hours a day.

The main thing is that as an employer I am not looking to get rich off the sweat of others, I just want to provide good stable jobs for the long term. If I had the aforementioned huge amount of money I could expand this ethos and make a lot of people very happy in their lives.

Edited by Getragdogleg on Friday 21st September 20:24

You sound like a thoroughly decent chap, are you sure you're on the right forum?

[markcoznottz]

Calitri said:

Money and happiness are two different things. From my experience I know many people who have little and are very happy, and a few with lots who are desperately unhappy.

But you don't know what it's like until you've got it so you strive for more, but once you've got it you'll look back on your previous, simple life as some of your fondest memorys.

This of course depends on whether you earn it or get given it

Edited by Calitri on Monday 29th October 23:25

Agree with this. Being self employed I can't remember what working long hours for someone else is actually like. Pretty st if memory serves. Doing this on a less than average wage and knowing that you might have to work till you drop could focus the mind. Happiness is just a word, surely the world is much more subtle than X amount = smiles. Ironically money is much more important to those on the breadline than those in a comfortable existence. I know a few retired professionals who are incredibly bored despite being well off , as I get older I can empathise rather than mock.

[CBR JGWRR]

Jasandjules said:

I have enough money to live very well until the day I die. As long as I die Weds...

+1.