Happiness: $5

[ziptie]

WorldChanging writes about a study that finds that giving money away makes one happier than spending it on one's self.

Comments

[bster]

my mom and I were just talking about this!

[sanguinity]

I was reading Not Exactly Rocket Science's account of that study, and what caught my eye was the bit at the end about an inverse relationship between having money and one's tendency to consider spending it on others...

[24hourmama]

you know, a pack of cigarettes is about $5.

[ziptie]

What happens if you buy them for someone else?

[24hourmama]

Ah, glasshappah, then one reaches pinnacle of happiness.