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According to author Cass R. Sunstein, in his article titled What You Can Learn from the New Science of Smarter Spending, he points out 3 ways to happiness is (1.) “if your goal is to use the windfall to promote your own happiness do it, (2.) experiences can have a much bigger impact on people’s happiness then things, and (3.) a big part of happiness lies in looking forward to the experience that you are going to have. ” More specifically, Sunstein argues two points: (1.) that the things we do, ”we do it to feel happy” and (2.) we do it because “we were happy at that time.” Also Sunstein’s points out that spending money on a good time is very important for happiness. “It is best for people to use money to create special times and spaces for desirable activities.”

In my opinion, money does makes you happy. It’s also important how a person uses money to be happy. I like the comment, “Don’t we all know that anticipating a wonderful experience can be as good as the experience itself, and maybe even better.” Taking a vacation by yourself, with friends and family makes you happier and has a real impact on a person’s subjective experience. It will have a life long impact. In your mind you will keep coming back to it. With renovating a home or buying a new car, the experience and happiness is temporary. I agree that money is not everything. “The more we are exposed to something, the more its diminishes.”