Originally Posted by
Sugar Rush
There was some study that showed that wealth-happiness has a steep curve up to about $75k/yr, give or take, and thereafter has increasingly diminutive returns on one's day to day happiness. I think that once your needs and wants are met (people tend to overestimate their wants and how much it will make them happier), money starts to lose meaning (and value). At that point, there's really no point in having more except to just throw it away just because you can or hoard it... neither of which will make you any happier.
People can call BS if they want, but I honestly don't want to be rich. Most of the things that I like to do or that make me happy are free, or pretty close to it. The things that are just out of my reach--I kinda like that they're that way. It gives me something to work towards and the payoff is much more special than if I didn't have to lift a finger to get it. Even gifting people things would lose its appeal after a while. A gift is more meaningful for both parties when there's a little bit of sacrifice involved, otherwise like Northern said, it just becomes an entitlement.