money isn't everything

"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."—Jane Austen When money isn’t a problem, it doesn’t seem important but, as soon as you need it you realize how important it is. In some ways I think this quote is a good one. However, when I think about it this quote might not be correct. There are a lot of different things that make me switch back and forth on this quote. In the story, the guy has money, once he gets his lands and pays his loans he just wants more. He was looking for more happiness through the land, and money. I think that this happens to a lot of people in the world. Such as when someone gets the car they’ve been wanting and then they fix it up and put all of the work and personalization into it. Then, when they want something new or better they sell it for a profit only to wish they still had the car two months later. Just because the person got more money for the car and they had extra money in their pocket, they were not necessarily happier once they got money. I know this personally because my entire family loves cars, they sell and buy them all the time and I always hear, ‘You know what car I still wish I had…’ However, some people will be in a financial crisis and be upset because they cannot do anything or because they can’t do some of the other things that some people can do or afford. When they come across something that gets them money whether it is a check, or selling something, they will feel relived thus, making them happier and stress-free. In these situations I think the quote is one-hundred percent correct. For people like me, who was born in a family with money problems, this quote is something I could live by. I’m not saying it’s the only recipe to happiness because family and friends do help with cheering me up as well. In the long-term I do think that this quote can be a pretty accurate one. Like I said family and friends do help to make me happier but, it’s easier to have money to do things with your