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Being Wealthy is not a Guarantee for Happiness

Wealth is a compulsory matter for human to live up their expenses. Working and earning money, human fulfil their needs: accommodation, food, and cloth. Becoming a wealthy man is viewed as a way for ensuring the expenses are paid easier. Otherwise, wealth cannot determine human’s happiness and serenity. Despite of possessing many goods, wealth is unable to buy certain things that are necessary for happiness, such as health, intelligence, and social life. It is evident that several rich people feel either loneliness, being prohibited from some foods, and lack of relatives. Possessing valuable material does not help human to find true life serenity.
Having much money; buy all matter, whether it is demand or need; never ensure the proprietor of wealth experiences a tranquil life. Due to earning aim, people work extremely with long hour in office, then leave other important things like social life or educating the children. Furthermore, some workers are in debt circle due to their over spending lifestyle, while the salary cannot live up their demand thus it makes them work for paying off the debt. In Indonesia, most government employees slip into a mounting burden of debt, caused by over spending. Some cases reveal that the salary is lower than monthly debt they have. It is requiring them to search other source of money, then leave the duty from government, and also forgetting relation with family and companions. According to happiness survey in 2015, the employees’ index is the lowest due to the hedonic lifestyle.
In spite of importance of wealth, it is not the only fundamental factor of happiness. Good relationship amid society, and health body and soul--unable to be bought by wealth-- are main factors of serenity in life. Many people who live with low salary, small house, no sport car in their garage get a tranquillity because the healthy body and ability to contact relatives. These both factors cannot be achieved when work in long hours still going. Overwork makes people lost their healthy body, led to stress and frustration, and disable to interact with the society.
In summary, Wealth is one of compulsory ingredients of happiness. Belonging much money can make human feel cheerful but it is incomplete without other serenity factors such as social life and health. Therefore, good life cannot be guaranteed by becoming rich.

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