Money buys happiness is true.
Here's how you can buy happiness and maintain it for a long time.
Spend more on experience rather than personal material goods
The excitement of buying a personal thing peaks when you're researching or about to buy it. After purchase, the excitement started to diminish quickly. Why? After the thing you bought is being frequently used, you will get accustomed to it and now, it becomes your new normal.
But, experiences can give you stronger and longer excitement than buying personal things. This is because you don't get to experience the unexpected joy of a music festival or a vacation in Bali frequently. So, you cherished the moment however you can even when years have passed.
I've been lucky to travel to Seoul and Bali when I was a kid. I still remember the happy moments I felt there. The first snow experience in Incheon, Seoul's bright neon, the rainy night walk with Bali's pubs and tattoo shops left and right, the interesting Canang Sari in every shop in Bali and much more. I really want to go there again.
Spend money on others
Spending on others will result in greater happiness and this is one of the most effective routes to happiness and life satisfaction.
Have you ever treated your family or friends to a meal and seen their light up faces? How do you feel? I'm sure it's better than treating yourself.
I gave my cousins RM5 each for this year's Eid Mubarak and seeing their happy faces makes me happy too.
So, if you use your money right, it can colour your life with bright and happy moments. If you use it wrong, it can destroy your life with big problems.
Source: Why People Who Spend Money on Experiences are Happier