Money ≠ Happiness??

I am at that point in my life where I can be defined by one word: Student. It's a word that sums up my occupation, my lifestyle and what the world thinks of me. A noun and an adjective in the modern English language. With this status comes a lot of optimism and hope for the future as well as many worries, magnified by their unforeseen nature. It is the first time we have significant and unavoidable issues. One of these issues is money.

In light of the recent antics of Derren Brown (correctly predicting the National Lottery numbers in the UK) my attention turned to money, to greed and to the quest for money. Millions of people leaned forward and stared at their screens as a man presented what they believed to be an easy route to a large sum of money. Impatiently questioning why the show was an hour long and why there were so many advert breaks. To me it was the greed inside all of us that shadowed the reality we were all aware of: the man talking to us is an illusionist, an entertainer and a trained magician.

So what is it about money that we all crave. Attached to money is power, a sense of dominance as well as the idea that one can do whatever they like: a much grander sense of freedom in which we are not obliged to work 9 to 5. The reason I personally crave some extra cash is security. The idea that I can carry on with university not having to worry about student loan payments, rent and bills. I can enjoy myself as much as I am supposed to at this age without having another worry to distract me from my studies.

That is the power of money: in it we all see our own personal unattainable dreams and hopes. It is certainly not a sin to aspire to these visions, but in doing so we do idolise cash. We've all heard and I think the majority of us agree that "money can't buy you happiness", but I can't see why it can't. Financial security allows you to do what you've always dreamed of. You can finally go on that round the world tour, be as philanthropic as you like, quit your day job and become an artist. This quest for money that we all see as greed is really a quest towards our own perception of joy. Money can't buy you happiness, but it can get you incredibly close.

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