ARE YOU RICH YET MISERABLE?

Let’s be honest, financial worries are one of the biggest stressors for many people (I know, I’ve been there). So if someone is broke, then money can certainly bring them some happiness, freedom, stability, and peace of mind. Well, for a while at least. 

But after you reach an income level of around ￡70-120K per year - depending on where you live in Britain - happiness levels that are directly influenced by income, flatten out. So once you can eat, pay your bills with ease, travel, buy nice gifts for people, express yourself fully, etc and still have money left over to invest, then money itself can’t get you much more happiness. 

Of course, with even more money you can give to causes you believe in, pay for experiences that enhance your life and make things easier & more comfortable for yourself and those around you and you can buy back a lot of time. But assuming you’re a kind & mentally healthy person then, the actual gathering of even more money will only bring you more happiness if it’s also linked to something else. 

So let’s say for example you don’t really like what you do for work, but you’re great at it, sought after and because it yields a high income, you then leverage that against what you love doing outside of work. It pays for your hobbies, your travel, for things that bring you joy and it allows you to help others when inspired to do so.

That’s ok in fact that’s great actually, so long as you are clear that is what you are doing. But if you are miserable and you’re just accumulating more money thinking it’s the number in your bank account that will bring you the happiness you are seeking, then the news is not good for you my friend, because if that was going to work you’d be happy already.

It’s certainly not the case that more money will make you unhappy either, but after a certain point (once your basic needs are met) it can no longer be the source of your happiness, you have to find or create what truly fulfils you.

If you are miserable on the inside, then no material object you buy will ever fill that hole for more than a few minutes or a few days, and you already know this. But with some simple changes on the inside, your wealth will be the greatest source of your happiness, but not for the reasons you think.

The thing is, most people who don’t have enough money think that money will make them happy and while this is true up to a basic-needs-met point, after that it’s simply not true (as anyone who has a lot of money and is still unhappy will tell you).

The good news is that if you’re already wealthy and you are still not happy then there’s something else going on, something that be can usually be easily resolved.

Aaron. :-) xx

Inspired by life and written for you, by Aaron Ellen - Happiness Coach to the Wealthy. www.aaronellen.com

My only intention is to help you enjoy your life more and if this helps you to achieve that, then it has been more than worth my time and hopefully yours too.