Harvard professor says 'winning a $20 million lottery won't make you happier in life'—but these 4 things will

I love when rich people lecture me on how money won't make me happy. Money would not fix everything or give me a new body but as sure as hell would make a LOT of things a lot easier. I could help others too, have better lives. Poverty with it's endless stressors basically ruined my life. What is scary is I am POOR, but NOT homeless so yeah I know it could be worse and I live in a safe area, but my self esteem is toast and there's never any feeling of safety and security scrambling around to pay bills. I know health cost me money [severe autoimmune, I couldn't even breathe by my 20s, which is not conducive to cash making] Money would make me a hell of a lot happier person. I never wanted to be rich, I just wanted to be secure and feel safe. My needs are not great. If I even won the Lotto, I'd KEEP THE SAME APT, but put better furniture in it. No one wants to be desperate and scared their whole life like I have been, it sucks. I have nice friends, who have helped me in life too, but there's a point where you want to GIVE to others. If I am reincarnated, I better not be poor again, or with a freak body, this has been the shit.

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