<i>Money won’t make you happy</i><p>I have always hated this saying because it&#x27;s worthless without the context of who is getting the money.<p>I grew up poor - money definitely made us happy because we could afford to move out of my aunt or my grandmother&#x27;s house.<p>Everyone loves to cite the study that &quot;above $75,000&#x2F;year money doesn&#x27;t make you happier&quot; - without realizing that it&#x27;s simply saying that there are diminishing returns  above that point (standard economic marginal utility concept), not that overall happiness goes down.<p>The reality is that more money gives you <i>different</i> problems, not <i>more</i> problems and in fact opens up a world of opportunities that can keep generations beyond you above that $75,000&#x2F;year mark.<p>Money is about what it <i>enables</i> and that is where happiness comes from. As a wise man once said:<p><i>&quot;Money can&#x27;t buy happiness [but it can buy] a WaveRunner. Have you ever seen a sad person on a WaveRunner?&quot;</i>