Buying Happiness

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It's been said for several times that money can't buy happiness, but is it really the case? Buying stuff, using your money and going on a travel may not bring you happiness forever but for a moment does it not make you happy? Can we safely say that this is somehow buying one's happiness? In an internet article, it said that you can buy happiness. However, if happiness can be bought, we want to ask, ?What should I buy to make me happy??.In this article, there are various ideas but I will be discussion on one. If you want to buy happiness, rather than buying material stuff, it's better to buy experience. Buying experience means like going on a trip, or doing something firsthand. To put it explicitly, instead of buying a new phone, if it is of the same price, it's more worth the money if you go on a domestic tour. One research was conducted to compare the happiness and satisfaction level of those who use their money to buy material stuff and those who use theirs to experience new things. The result shows that people who use their money to buy experience are a lot happier than the previous. The first reason is material things are easily lost, broken, thus, the happiness they may bring is very short-lived. Furthermore, people have the tendency to be jealous of other people's possessions. The more we look at what other people bought, we feel dissatisfied of what we already have, and thus the level of happiness falls down. The second reason is that experience is unique. Even other people have experienced the same thing as yours, you still differ in perspective, the things you felt, and so many other personal things. Unlike material things, experience is something you can't compare with others. The last reason is that even time passes by, the memories you had in the past can still bring you happiness. The more you remember, somewhat the more you regard it importantly. Like the first time I went to Disneyland, by just thinking of it, it already brings me joy. And even it is already just a memory now, it will be forever something that will remind me that I was very happy at that time, and that makes me happy now. Sometimes I think a lot about money and how should I use them, after having this information, I think I know what should I do so I'd be happier.