Money and Happiness – 4. Pay Now, Consume Later

Reading Time: 4 minutes Today’s topic fits right in with the holiday season.  The chapter “Pay Now, Consume Later” from the Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton discusses the happiness boost and benefits of looking forward...

2020 Year in Review

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wow, what a crazy year 2020 has been.  We are approaching the end of this unique, memorable and historical year. Annually I take some time to think back on the past year and make note of some of the highlights and low lights.  This year it...

Money and Happiness – 3. Buy Time

Reading Time: 4 minutes This series of articles focuses on how you can spend your money to increase your happiness and is based on the book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton. Today’s topic, the 3rd of 5, is Buy Time. We...

Money and Happiness – 2. Make It A Treat

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the second article in a series on how to increase your happiness with how you spend your money.  These concepts come from the book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.  The second concept...

Money and Happiness: 1. Buy Experiences

Reading Time: 4 minutes I am “all about” people, myself included, living happier, and more joy filled lives.  I want my expertise to be around money AND happiness.  If you read my article last week, I said that studies show that more money generally does not correlate...