Wednesday, July 4

Money & Happiness

  • an improvement in health from "very poor" to "excellent" provides as much happiness as an extra $631,000 a year
  • by contrast, a decline in health from "excellent" to "poor" has a psychic cost of $480,000 in financial losses
  • increasing face time with friends and relatives to "most days" feels like getting a $179,000 raise
  • talking to neighbours more often is worth the equivalent of about $79,000 extra per year
Hmm. Maybe your friends, relatives & neighbors!
  • widowhood packs a psychic punch of $421,000 a year in losses
  • getting married provides the equivalent happiness of $105,000
How about divorce?

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