More Happy

I always heard that money can't buy happiness... boy were they wrong and stupid (No offense if that's a motto of yours).  I think people who say that, haven't really hit rock bottom, or better yet, they don't live in 2011.

In my short tenure I've hit a few rock-bottoms, it's jagged, painful, and it leaves scars.  One factor in my rock-bottoms has always been the inability to afford to do something...  not that money can buy a smooth-top (ha ha, get it? w/e), but that events leading up to, or resolving the situation afterwards could have easily been a lot less painful having some dinero to prevent, get out of, or just get over tough times.

Believe me when I say that I don't enjoy coming to that conclusion, but that is reality.  If you venture out in the world daily, you know that money actually DOES buy a lot of stuff people said it couldn't/shouldn't.  You can buy a wife, a kid, a tan, oxygen, more money, friends... quite frankly, I'm surprised there isn't a store that sells various levels of happiness depending on how much you spend.

You would think that by coming to this sort of conclusion, one would be disgusted with the world and hate what they have realized.  Actually, I'm more motivated.  I want to make more money, to be more happy, or happier as some people like to call it.  It's a driving factor in the reasoning behind waking up and going to a job that I never imagined I'd do, behind wanting to be better at that job, behind moving on from the past, all because I want to be more happy.  I've made mistakes that have probably made me less happy at times, but if money helps me be happier afterwards, what's the harm?  If money isn't making you happy, I'll gladly take it and show you how it works.

Don't let old sayings linger beyond their lifespan.  If it makes sense in your world, make it work for you.

Here are some things that money could buy given the right circumstances, that would make me more happy (er happier):

A bad-ass microphone
A bad-ass computer
A keyboard
ProTools 9 HD
A nice house
A large set of tools
An affordable, but nice car
Year passes to Six Flags
A basketball goal
Court-side season tickets to basketball games
A regular doctor
A dentist
Clothes I haven't worn over 10 years
Gas
More groceries
Studio time
Production for the studio time
Some non-prescription glasses
New music (it is illegal to download)
Video Games
iPad
A garden
An ant farm
New collars for my dogs
DVDs
A mouse/keyboard combination which both parts work at the same time
New faucets
New socks
A cake display set
More pictures of people I know
Airplane tickets to visit friends and family (Or gas.... gas is acceptable)
Shoulder surgery
Chiropractor
Ice Cream
Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwhiches
Sheers for my dogs so we don't have to share
Tickets to the movies to go with my wife/friends every weekend


Feel free to donate happiness, I will buy you something in return.