What to spend the money on, to make them happy? As you know, money does not bring happiness. And does it give them?, what can we buy with them? It turns out, that yes, but provided, that these are experiences – informs the service “EurekAlert!”. Researchers at San Francisco State University found, that spending money on a ticket to the theater, a dinner in a restaurant or an interesting trip gives you more happiness than buying new clothes or a gadget. Improving your well-being comes from meeting needs that are higher than the need to have, m.in. the need for social ties. Survey participants were asked to provide answers about their recent purchases. Turned out, that most people rated these purchases higher, that allowed them to experience something, regardless of their earnings and the amount of money spent. – Experience is the capital of memories. Happy memories will not bore us as quickly as material things – says the author of the study, psycholog Ryan Howell
