With home, grocery and gas prices at an all time high, working class citizens are struggling to own these essential items. Millions of people struggle to make ends meet, while politicians, influencers and celebrities travel around the world and create content showing their extravagant lifestyles. Although influencers may not be as happy as they seem, they certainly aren’t fighting to put food on their tables. Money allows people to live comfortably and luxuriously, without the fear of falling behind on bills, and many working class people do not have access to this luxury.

Having money can ease people’s struggles, and aid them in making a happier life for themselves and their families.
When people live in poverty, it can be nothing short of traumatizing. They may not be able to feed their families, or never get to spend time with them, due to constantly working. However, those with disposable income have more opportunities to advance in their careers, due to not having to worry about their next meal or when rent is due. These individuals also have more money to spend on vacations and making memories with those they love.

Along with having more income, people with money also have the opportunities to purchase gifts for themselves and their loved ones. Giving gifts, for many, is an amazing feeling. Many people’s love languages is gift giving. Despite these items being material, they can still hold a special place in people’s hearts or have an important meaning behind them.

With a stable income, people can also expand on their hobbies. Having a hobby or being able to do something enjoyable after a long day can help with feelings of stress and sadness. No matter what you like to do, the means to do it costs money.
Money can buy happiness, and lead to a stress free life for people and their loved ones.

Within recent decades, the usage of commercial products and technologies has risen. Millions of people get on social media everyday to see influencers showing off their latest iPhone, designer clothing and other items bought for the sole purpose of showing off. Due to the normalization of luxury brands through the media, many have come to the conclusion that their life would be similar to influencers if they had the same products as them. It’s important to remember that viewers only see what they decide to post, and the majority of influencers are only as happy as they allow their audience to see.

No product that isn’t an essential need or amount of money will be able to contribute to a person’s long term happiness.
Once people develop the notion that money leads to happiness, they end up in a never-ending cycle attempting to feel satisfaction. They will find themselves spending their hard earned money on new products just to get bored after a few weeks and buy a new product. The amount of joy that comes from buying a new product is only temporary. Over time, these products will turn into useless clutter taking up space.

Oftentimes, when people feel the need to receive validation from those around them, they attempt to show off what their money can buy. In order for one to show off what they can do with their money, they must make the money first. Individuals will spend years and years of their life working in a job that they don’t even enjoy, just to own valuable items. Sure, peers may feel a bit of jealousy. However, a person living an overworked life in a job that isn’t enjoyable isn’t worth a house that they won’t even be able to spend time in. Money will never replace time. It is crucial that humans don’t allow their fixation on money to take away from their limited time on this earth.

Just as money can’t buy happiness, it is also incapable of buying relationships. No relationship based on money is real. Relationships, whether romantic or platonic, are formed overtime through emotional bonds, interaction, shared experience, and many other factors that come from the inside. Majority of celebrities find themselves with trust issues, unable to let potential friends into their lives, because they fear that anyone wanting to be in their life is only using them for money. People can’t be bought, and those with both money and valuable relationships should spend their extra cash creating experiences that those they care about will remember. Money will be exchanged, switching locations and ownership until the end of time, but memories are unique and only those that were there will be able to look back and enjoy reminiscing the moment they spent with those that they love. Upon death, people find themselves thinking about the important moments in life, not how much is in their bank account.