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Will you be as happy as if you had a Jaguar?



Probably. Happiness does not (more like shouldn't, but that's another topic) have a direct correlation to the amount of money or luxury possessions a person owns. But even if having the Jag would make me happier, that's not the issue at hand. I don't need to live in Manhattan, drive a Jaguar, own a million dollar apartment, and date Emmanuelle Chiriqui to be happy. Granted those things might make me happier... the same way I might be less happy because I have to fight horrific traffic in Manhattan, the car is actually too expensive on the maintenance side and under performs, I make a bunch of improvements to the apartment but then realize that because of the market it's now undervalued, and Emmanuelle Chiriqui is actually cheating on me with an Irish midget.

So yeah... Having a Jaguar, might make me happy. Having a Jaguar might also make me unhappy. The real question is if I need the Jaguar to be happy, and I can truthfully answer that I don't really need it to feel I have a fulfilling life. Once again, if you NEED to have the - enter whatever costly material possession here - to be happy, you're doing something wrong.




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