One of the most common questions asked to kids is “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Many times in response to this kids will answer with a typical dream job: “I want to be a Firefighter!” However, we can look at that same kid twenty years down the road and find them in a cubicle slaving over spread sheets as opposed to bursting into burning buildings to save lives. The question is why? Why would someone give up his exciting dream job in favor of something so monotonous and ordinary? If one were to ask many times the answer will be money. This person decided that he would be happier overall with a boring job that paid well instead of something that he would enjoy that paid substantially less. So the real question is, does money buy happiness? Should someone give up a dream job for a stable financial future?
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Boyce, Gordon D.A Brown, and Simon C. Moore, the question on whether does the amount of money one makes correlate with one’s happiness is
Boyce, Gordon D.A Brown, and Simon C. Moore, the question on whether does the amount of money one makes correlate with one’s happiness is