Every extra Euro (Guilder 😃 ) meant something:
– No more stress about rent
– Better food in your fridge
– That first reliable car
– Your first vacation without debt
Money directly translated to happiness.
So we learned: More Money = More Happiness
BUT:
We keep believing this equation long after it stops being true.
Psychologists call this the “Hedonic Treadmill” – we quickly adapt to improvements in our circumstances, returning to our baseline happiness.
At some point (research suggests around 75.000-95.000 Euro annual income), something fascinating happens:
The correlation breaks.
More money stops adding meaningful happiness.
– Unhappy rich people stay unhappy
– Happy middle-class people stay happy
– A bigger house won’t fix your broken marriage
– A luxury car won’t cure your loneliness
Yet we keep running on this treadmill.
Trading our precious time for money we don’t really need.
True wealth has five pillars:
1. Financial Wealth
2. Time Wealth
3. Physical Wealth
4. Mental Wealth
5. Social Wealth
All supporting your Purpose in Life.
By the way:
The last four become harder to build the longer you wait.
Trade money to build all these up equally.
You´ll be so much happier!
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