<story><title>Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/business/money-satisfaction-lottery-study.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ghthor</author><text>It isn&amp;#x27;t money. Its agency over your own life. Money is how we currently regulate and monitor the agency our citizens have over there lives and those around them. Finding better ways to grant and assert agency over one&amp;#x27;s own life is the key to happiness AFAICT.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tachyonbeam</author><text>I think of it the same way. Money is power, and the most important kind of power for your own well-being is control over your own life. Whenever I get very stressed at work, I find it reassuring to think that, worst case scenario, I have enough &amp;quot;fuck you money&amp;quot; piled up that I could walk away and take my time to look for a new job on my own terms. Knowing this in the back of my mind also allows me to negotiate my working conditions more boldly. I dare to pick projects I&amp;#x27;m interested in and say no to others.&lt;p&gt;I have a fairly high-paying job, but I would like to find a way to earn more eventually. Not so I can be filthy rich and buy myself ridiculous things most people can&amp;#x27;t afford, but so I can have the freedom to take a sabbatical and travel, or start my own business, or heck, retire early, while I&amp;#x27;m still healthy enough to enjoy life.&lt;p&gt;I grew up poor, and to me, having more earnings&amp;#x2F;savings makes me feel more safe and in control of my life. The biggest difference it has made recently is going from having roommates to having my own place. I&amp;#x27;m an introvert, I need time alone, and I find it really rewarding to be able to come home to my own little sanctuary after work.</text></comment>
<story><title>Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/business/money-satisfaction-lottery-study.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ghthor</author><text>It isn&amp;#x27;t money. Its agency over your own life. Money is how we currently regulate and monitor the agency our citizens have over there lives and those around them. Finding better ways to grant and assert agency over one&amp;#x27;s own life is the key to happiness AFAICT.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mpweiher</author><text>&amp;quot;Money is coined liberty&amp;quot; -- Fyodor Dostoevsky</text></comment>