&gt; If I made $100 million and didn&#x27;t ever have to worry about money again, I definitely would be happier.<p>so actually you agree, money won&#x27;t make you happy. its something you worry about now and the prospect of not worrying about it is what would make you happy.<p>you probably don&#x27;t need anywhere even close to $100 million to have enough money so you won&#x27;t have to worry about it anymore. unless your lifestyle is lavish and decadent even $10 million is quite a lot. collecting just 2% annual interest on that (a very modest figure, available from pretty safe investments) would yield $200,000 annual income, which is more than most people get paid in salary from a 9-5 job.<p>more to the point though is that everything you described is either 1) feeling relieved from not having to worry about the crushing effects of potentially falling into poverty or 2) feeling interested and engaged in the work itself.<p>I think you actually made a pretty convincing argument _against_ your own thesis here. Money can&#x27;t make you happy, but lack of money (i.e. poverty) can make you very very unhappy. Things that can actually make you happy are generally not for sale.