But past that, people’s day-to-day happiness does not go higher. The ‘how happy are you right now’ question, and what your current mood is – that seems to max out at about $75,000 a year, which is probably the point where people have solved most of their day-to-day worries of a car breaking down, or an unexpected bill, or paying a mortgage. One of them is to ask, How do you think your life overall is going? A positive outlook keeps rising with income as far up as people have checked, well up to $160,000 a year. Laura Vanderkam (LV): There’s a couple of ways to measure happiness. The Fiscal Times (TFT): How connected are money and happiness? RELATED: The Real Cost of Living: $150,000 Minimum The Fiscal Times talked with Vanderkam, the author of two previous books about Americans’ complex feelings about money. What we’d likely buy is a carefree life and financial security. For most of us, it’s not a $2 million yacht. She asks: If you had all the money in the world, what would you change about your life to make you happier. But Laura Vanderkam, author of the new book All the Money In the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending, says the only person standing in the way of achieving a satisfying life on almost any budget is - you. In this economy, it seems everyone has something to complain about: They don’t make enough money, they pay too much in taxes, they’re angry about the growing gap between the rich and the poor, etc.
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