Proof that money doesn't mean happiness

Article from Bankrate via MSN Money


an interesting read focusing on that oft ignored component of personal finance called behavior.


some of the more enjoyable quotes from the article...

A lot of the happiness we get from money we don't get from money, per se -- we get it from our money divided by our neighbor's money.

It's important to recognize that you're not meant to be happy all the time," he says. "That's not what your brain is generating emotions for. Emotions are a very primitive guidance system. It's your brain's way of telling you when you're doing the right thing or the wrong thing. That's why you get a positive emotional reaction when you approach a naked woman but not a bear. Imagine that you somehow found a medication or a surgery or a deodorant or whatever that made you permanently happy all the time. Well, now you're smiling when you approach the bear, and that's a problem.

[Broken Arrow]

That's why you get a positive emotional reaction when you approach a naked woman but not a bear. Imagine that you somehow found a medication or a surgery or a deodorant or whatever that made you permanently happy all the time. Well, now you're smiling when you approach the bear, and that's a problem.

That's funny right there I don't care who you are!

[Ima saver]

I came across a naked woman in a truck stop rest room and i got NO positive emotional reaction, rest assured!! Get er done!

[melissalt]

Originally Posted by Ima saver

I came across a naked woman in a truck stop rest room and i got NO positive emotional reaction, rest assured!!

That's just too funny!

[Ima saver]

It really happened. We stopped to buy breakfast and I went to the ladies room. And old lady was in there washing up in the sink and she was completely naked!!

[Broken Arrow]

That's a whole new level of frugality there.

[Great to be Debt Free]

You guys crack me up!

Of course, once upon a time they were called "washrooms," maybe that's where she got the idea...