We are told to believe that money can’t buy happiness, but contrary to belief, this isn’t true. Take away all of your belongings, and you’re left with nothing, just the people you surround yourself with. Are you truly happy then? I’m not saying this isn’t true for everyone, I mean people can be some of the best things in your life, in my case my girlfriend is. But in order to actually be happy, things do have to be assigned some value, and in this case, its money.

Everything you possibly need to survive costs money. Your house, food, water, car, etc., the list could go on forever. All of these in some way contribute towards your overall happiness. Now I myself am not a materialistic person like most people are, and I still believe that money contributes to happiness to an extent. Imagine not having the house you are used to, and you lived in some small house that wasn’t appealing to you. Imagine not having the car you drive around in, or all the little belongings that mean so much to you. You may not realize it now, but once all those materialistic items are taken away from you, you come to realize that your happiness depends on money.

Remember that extravagant vacation you went on that you have so many memories from? It cost money. Or your dog that you love so much? Hate to break it to you but it cost money. There are just some things in life that you need to buy in order to be happy, and that’s just the way life is.

On the contrary though, money doesn’t always buy you happiness. You see people with a bunch of expensive stuff but they aren’t even remotely happy. This is because you need to surround yourself with people who make you happy. I barely have anything that’s materialistic, but the fact that I surround myself with people who care about me and make me happy makes me not care about materialistic things. I don’t care about having the nicest house or going on all these vacations and stuff like that, as long as I have people surrounding me and contributing good vibes then I’m happy.

I believe that in order to live a happy life, you need to find the correct balance of spending money and not worrying about materialistic things. I feel that in this day and age, many individuals worry about what others perceive them as, rather than focusing on themselves and their well-being. People stress about money so much, and forget to realize that if they just take a step back, most of the happiness they need in life is right at their fingertips.

My advice is don’t worry about what others think of you, be yourself. You don’t have to have the nicest things to be happy, as long as you have good people surrounding you, you can be happy. Granted, money does need to be spent a little to achieve complete happiness, but the majority of your happiness comes from how you tackle life and your positivity about it, along with the people you interact with. So, to answer the question, yes money does buy happiness, but only a little. You make the most of your happiness with non-materialistic things.