{"id":3646,"date":"2011-08-30T05:45:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T09:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:40:26","slug":"money-can-buy-happiness-says-mp-dunleavy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/money-can-buy-happiness-says-mp-dunleavy\/","title":{"rendered":"Money can buy happiness, says MP Dunleavy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Money can’t buy love. Money can’t buy happiness.
\nWe hear these clich\u00e9s frequently, but I loved this article from investment firm Vanguard that suggests you can, in fact, buy happiness<\/a> — if you spend your money on the right things.
\nA snippet from a Q&A with MP Dunleavy<\/a>, author of “Money Can Buy Happiness: How to Spend to Get the Life You Want”:<\/a><\/p>\n

Question: You tell your readers to take inventory of the activities that make them\u00a0the happiest. Why do you think people don’t spend time on these activities?
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\nMs. Dunleavey:<\/strong> That’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it? Why don\u2019t<\/em> we gravitate toward the choices that would make us happier, healthier, wealthier? In almost every case, the biggest hurdle people face is their desire for instant gratification. Shopping is a lot more fun than saving (for many people). Eating is more pleasurable than working out (again, not for everyone, but for an awful lot of us). But those instant pleasures die fast. You buy that sweater or eat that fried rice . . .\u00a0and you’re still craving something more, something else, something\u00a0. . .<\/em>
\nBut if you shift your focus toward more substantive sources of satisfaction\u2014which almost always involve people and experiences, not stuff\u2014you might be willing to make happier choices. If you REALLY want to travel to Shanghai or buy a new mountain bike, because that would enrich your whole<\/em> quality of life\u2014not just the current 10 minutes\u2014you might forsake the dumb sweater to put money toward your own greater happiness. It takes a while to retrain your impulses, but you can do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I get real pleasure and true happiness spending money on:<\/p>\n