study earlier this year from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University showed, that part is limited. Of course, there are a number of factors aside from money that add up to complete emotional well-being, which range from altruism, to social connectedness to exercise. When it comes to money, it turns out, people’s happiness increases alongside their incomes only until they make around $75K. As an AlterNet article pointed out last month, “according to the study, if you’re below this level of annual income, which the majority of Americans are, you’re more likely to feel unhappy on a daily basis. Meanwhile, if you’re in the minority earning above that bracket, you’ve hit the threshold for diminishing marginal returns on daily happiness.”It takes more than money to create happiness. Find out how emotionally well your state is…
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What creates happiness? Money plays a part in it, but as a study earlier this year from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University showed, that part is limited. Of course, there are a number of factors aside from money that add up to complete emotional well-being, which range from altruism, to social connectedness to exercise. When it comes to money, it turns out, people’s happiness increases alongside their incomes only until they make around $75K. As an AlterNet article pointed out last month, “according to the study, if you’re below this level of annual income, which the majority of Americans are, you’re more likely to feel unhappy on a daily basis. Meanwhile, if you’re in the minority earning above that bracket, you’ve hit the threshold for diminishing marginal returns on daily happiness.”