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\n<\/p>\n\nHere’s an insight I find useful:\n<\/p>\n
\nIf you want to buy happiness you are much better off buying an experience rather than a thing. That’s because a thing like a car, new clothes, or cool gadget will always wear down, break down over time, while an experience, like going to the Galapagos, or a great concert, will only improve over time. You’ll always have it (Paris, bunjee jumping, that meal) forever. In the long term an experience delivers more happiness per dollar.\n<\/p>\n
\nOh, and warm puppies (and children) are experiences, not things.\n<\/p>\n
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\nThat wisdom is my phrasing of Daniel Gilbert, of “Stumbling on Happiness”<\/a>, interviewed by the Times<\/a>, pointed to via Mark Hurst at, naturally enough, Good Experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s an insight I find useful: If you want to buy happiness you are much better off buying an experience rather than a thing. That’s because a thing like a car, new clothes, or cool gadget will always wear down, … Continue reading