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“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.” ~ Ellen Goodman
Do experiences make people happier than material possessions? We live in a world of unprecedented abundance where people spend more time and money to acquire material objects than life experiences. They believe that material goods will get them happiness, though always fleeting.
Its stems from the need to fit in the so-called society, due to peer pressure, or maintain a certain lifestyle, but scientists and researchers have concluded that money can’t buy happiness.