financial freedom and happiness

Bangladesh
January 7, 2009 11:39pm CST
Each and every person wants financial freedom in his or her life. Further everybody wish to be happy. If the both can be reached simultenously? If not, which should be in first preference?
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antioxidant
@antioxidant (438)
• Australia
8 Jan 09
I think the two are highly related. It's hard to be happy without money. I would choose financial freedom before finding for happiness. That's less one big worry. With financial freedom you will feel a lot of choices have opened up for you in what you wanna pursue. So I would say get your money settled first.
josephcc
@josephcc (4)
• Malaysia
20 May 09
I prefer financial freedom plus healthy life, IF you are rich with unhealthy, that will be painful. Money can buy healthy, it is not really but you cannot deny it right? Thus, i would like to advice that instead of wealth accumulation, you need to be prepared when raining days come. Proposal: to create an emergency/ reserve fund are you agree?
puccagirl
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
22 Oct 10
Yes, I think so, but just because you are financially independent, you are not automatically happy like some people think. This is a really important distinction to make I think.
kykidd
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
8 Jan 09
Well, they say money doesn't buy happiness, and I'm sure it doesn't but it sure helps. I would much rather be happy, but it is really hard to choose between the two. I just think it would be hard to be happy if you are struggling really hard financially. If you aren't financially free, but you are putting a little money aside then that will make a difference. Thanks for starting this discussion, and have a good evening!