Money necessary for happiness?

Examples in Literature
1. A Christmas Carol
  1. Ebenezer Scrooge
    1. Wealthy
    2. Miserable
    3. Treats everyone poorly
    4. Greedy
    5. Lonely
  2. Bob Cratchit
    1. Poor
    2. Humble
    3. Generous
    4. Large family
    5. Scrooge's clerk
2. The Great Gatsby
  1. Jay Gatsby
    1. Humble background
    2. Acquired wealth to win Daisy
    3. Money was never the goal, but Daisy was
    4. Optimistic
  2. Daisy Buchanan
    1. Bitter
    2. Indifferent
    3. Wealthy
    4. Enjoys the ease of money
    5. flippant
Real Sources of happiness
1. Time spent with Family and friends
  1. Building happy memories
    1. positive life experiences
  2. not what you have, but who you have
    1. life is more satisfying
Materialism
1. leads to dissatisfaction
2. Stress
  1. competing with others
  2. recent rise of credit card debt
benefits of money
1. Security
2. Less stressful
3. It's not bad to have nice things

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