Olivia Bloom

Professor Debra Jizi

UWRT 1102
22 February 2016
Double Entry Journal
Citation:
Diener, Ed, and Robert Robert Biswas- Diener. "Can Money Buy Happiness?"Pursuing
Happiness. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2016. 160-173. Print.
Source: Quote (Page# or Paragraph #)

Responses

Is Chinese food better than Mexican food?

I think if it was Japanese food it would be a

(pg. 160)

hard question but yes Mexican food is better

than Chinese. Everyone has their own
opinion and this is mine (:

Some insist that the rich suburbs are sinks

I have seen both parts of the rich and the

of dissatisfaction, while other scoff at the

poor. The rich dont have to be dissatisfied, all

idea that the poor could be anything but

they have to do is make sure they manage it

miserable. (pg. 161)

right, and their time. If they use all the money

on themselves then they will always want
more and never be satisfied. Then the poor if
they are always miserable because of what
they dont have then they will never see what
they do have. Both types of people have the
opportunity to be happy, it is only if they let
themselves.

Whether she learned important lessons, or

I think she learned a lesson from both. She

whether her newfound religion has given her might have never found her new religion if
renewed meaning, Nicholson appeared to

she never won the lottery or even been as

be living a much more fulfilling life. (pg.

happy as she was at the end of it all.

165)
being extraordinarily poor has a negative Not all poor people are depressed and sad. I
influence on happiness, but that some very

think those that are not depressed are the

poor individuals are, in fact, somewhat

ones who have learned to live with and make

satisfied, and even extremely poor people

the best of it.

are usually not depressed. (pg. 167)

The Happiness formula

I think this formula makes some kind of sense

Happiness = what we have/what we want

because if you have most of what you want

(pg.170)

you will be happy, but if you dont have half of

what you want it gets a little difficult. If you
want to get what you want but you whine and
complain and dont do anything about it then
you will be unhappy, but if you try and do
something about it and look on the bright side
of things then you will have some kind of
happiness.

In contrast, the well-off couple has enough

I like this example because they have a lot

money to meet only half of their desires, and more than anyone can imagine but they dont
therefore they feel poorer. (pg. 171)

have everything they want so they feel poor.

The funny thing is they have no idea what
poor really feels like.

no matter how much money you earn,

This is 100% true. People need to learn they

you can always want more, and feel poor

need to be satisfied with what they already

along the way. (pg.171)

have and understand that it is more than

some people on this earth. They should learn
to be happy with what they already have.

The happiness of materialists can suffer

I think this is very true for us college students

because their pursuit of money distracts

because of course we want to get a job that

them from other important aspects of life,

will pay us well. So we work very hard for a

such as relationships. (pg. 173)

degree that we might not even like just so

when we get older we dont have to worry
about money as much. If we are focusing on
something that wont make us very happy in
the end we are working hard and missing out
other things just to miss out on more in the
future.