Nine to five, Monday through Friday, and hours in traffic, obtaining a career is highly stressed throughout society. Attaining a secure and good job means the ability to enjoy a happy and comfortable life. Now a days having a satisfying job entails making good money which encompasses living stress free. So what drives society? Is it the career? Or is it the thought of security and comfort of a desirable income? People spend 40 plus hours a week to strive to afford a satisfying lifestyle. Many people spend numerous hours of overtime at work to make more money with the thought that it will bring greater joy to life. Money brings happiness to individuals in the aspect that it is essential to provide food and shelter, but, beyond the simplicities in life money does not bring greater happiness.
To a certain extent yes, more money does bring happiness, but only in the aspect of bringing an …show more content…
People tend to stress themselves out thinking they need to work for more money to afford desirable items that they fail to enjoy the things that bring true happiness. Society bombards individuals with messages and commercials with the illusion that more is better. New cars, bigger homes and the newest technology becomes to appear as a necessity versus a desire. In Where I Lived and What I Lived for Henry David Thoreau states that society must simplify, “instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one” (Thoreau 17). Thoreau’s quote implies that to reach true happiness an individual must focus on the simple necessities; food, shelter and healthy relationships and relieve themselves from the stress of desiring more. Society confuses a desire for a necessity causing them to search and work for more thinking those desirable objects bring true happiness. These materialistic objects in reality bring slight pleasure in the moment but leave no long term
To a certain extent yes, more money does bring happiness, but only in the aspect of bringing an …show more content…
People tend to stress themselves out thinking they need to work for more money to afford desirable items that they fail to enjoy the things that bring true happiness. Society bombards individuals with messages and commercials with the illusion that more is better. New cars, bigger homes and the newest technology becomes to appear as a necessity versus a desire. In Where I Lived and What I Lived for Henry David Thoreau states that society must simplify, “instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one” (Thoreau 17). Thoreau’s quote implies that to reach true happiness an individual must focus on the simple necessities; food, shelter and healthy relationships and relieve themselves from the stress of desiring more. Society confuses a desire for a necessity causing them to search and work for more thinking those desirable objects bring true happiness. These materialistic objects in reality bring slight pleasure in the moment but leave no long term