Do you like having money?
What do you spend it on?
Comparison is the thief of joy. What do you think?
Reading comprehension questions
1. According to the text, why might some people feel happier when they have a lot of money?
2. How does the text suggest that happiness was viewed in the past?
3. In today's developed world, what role does money play in relation to happiness?
The article discusses the possible link between our finances and our feelings. While having more money can make certain aspects of life easier and provide access to luxuries, it does not guarantee happiness. Some people in less affluent areas find contentment with what they have, and historically, money was not always seen as the key to happiness.
However, in today's developed world, money has become more central to happiness due to the increasing costs of living. Higher incomes can lead to improvements in education, healthcare, and overall well-being. Wealth can lead to some challenges such as stress.
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Some people say that having more money makes life much easier, but others say that it can't buy you happiness. What do you think?
Life with money is much easier. Paying bills, eating in fancy restaurants, buying expensive luxury items – these are all things you can do if you have the money. You don't have to worry about paying the rent every month. Each time you need to replace something in your home, like a washing machine – no problem, you can pay for it. Money does make life easier in some ways.
But money does not always equal happiness in every situation. There are places in the world where people don't have much money, but they are still happy. They make do with what they have and don't need money to buy expensive things. In the past, money wasn't seen as the key to happiness. For example, parents wouldn’t buy expensive toys for their children. Instead, the children were content to play with things they found, like sticks and stones in the garden.
Today in the developed world however, money might be central to our happiness. Having to pay more and more for things means we place more and more value on each coin and note in our pockets. So, the amount we earn in our jobs becomes crucial to our opinions about happiness. When we earn more, we feel happier. When countries become wealthier, there is usually improvement in education, lower child mortality, and longer life expectancy. The problem with this is that there is only so much of these things that money can buy. Things can't keep on getting better continuously.
And is there a point at which money can make us decidedly unhappy? For example, high-paid jobs often come with a lot of stress. There is only so much pressure you can take before you might need to quit the rat race, however good the pay is.
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