If there IS a relationship between money and happiness (and I'm not convinced there is), then for SURE it's not a linear relationship. There are people who have huge amounts of money in the bank, and it's never enough, and there are people with very little money in the bank, and life is wonderful for them.
I propose that it's our relationship with money that impacts our happiness, much more than our actual ownership of certain amounts of money. If I relate to money as something that's necessary but scarce, then my whole life is about being driven to make money and keep it--and I might end up with a fair amount of it, but that kind of life isn't generally conducive to a lot of happiness.
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