Analysis Of But Will It Make You Happy

In today’s world, almost everyone thinks that the key to happiness is using their money to get as much material stuff as they possibly can before the next person, which is the worst way to go about achieving true happiness. While getting material stuff can make you happy for a short time, after a while it will bore you and cause you to waste your money on stuff you don’t really need. Which causes you to feel empty inside, which then causes you to buy more stuff in order to fill the empty hole within you and forces the twisted cycle on. But there is a way for you to escape the twisted cycle of buying useless material stuff in order to be happy, and it’s a lot easier than you think. The way to being truly happy is by using your money on experiences

In her article for the NY Times “But Will It Make You Happy?”, writer Stephanie Rosenbloom says that “New studies of consumption and happiness show, for instance, that people are happier when they spend money on experiences instead of material objects, when they relish what they plan to buy long before they buy it, and when they stop trying to outdo the Joneses” (Rosenbloom). In other words, what Rosenbloom is saying is that people are most happy when they use their money to build experiences and memories with other people, instead of on trivial things that they use as a way to try and one-up their neighbors. Later on in the article, Rosenbloom says in general that the reason people in this day and age become happier when they use their money on experiences is because of the strong connection between the quality of a person’s relationships and their level of happiness (Rosenbloom). What Rosenbloom means by this is that anything that either promotes or strengthens our relationships with other people has the chance to make us feel more happier inside than if we just did something based purely on a passing want or

Also in the NY Times article “But Will It Make You Happy?” by Stephanie Rosenbloom, Rosenbloom states that before things like cell phones and credit cards allowed us to have almost anything we want at the click or touch of a button, the process of buying something was more richer and fulfilling for the buyer themselves (Rosenbloom). The reason being that instead of just getting an item whenever you wanted, you had to work hard and wait a long period of time before you could actually buy it. In other words, the actual process of working hard and then having to wait a period of time before you could get something made it more valuable and fulfilling to you in the long run. Rosenbloom then goes on to state that “In fact, scholars have found that anticipation increases happiness. Considering buying an iPad? You might want to think about it as long as possible before taking one home. Likewise about a Caribbean escape: you’ll get more pleasure if you book a flight in advance than if you book it at the last minute” (Rosenbloom). What Rosenbloom means by this is that by waiting and thinking about an item before purchasing it will make that item more valuable and important to you in the future, which then causes you to have positive feelings whenever you interact with