花钱的艺术 听听心理学家的消费建议吧.docVIP

花钱的艺术 听听心理学家的消费建议吧 Money?can’t?buy?happiness,?right??Well,?not?true.According?to?a?recent?article?in?The?Wall?StreetJournal,?over?the?past?few?years,?new?research?hasgiven?us?a?much?deeper?understanding?of?therelationship?between?what?we?earn?and?how?we?feel.The?results?may?seem?a?bit?obvious:?Yes,?peoplewith?higher?incomes?are,?broadly?speaking,?happierthan?those?who?struggle?to?get?by.?But?the?researchalso?shows?you?have?to?spend?strategically?if?youexpect?those?bank?notes?to?put?a?smile?on?your?face.Here?are?some?ways?to?better?spend?your?money: 金钱真得买不到幸福么？也不尽然。最近，《华尔街日报》的一篇文章就指出，在过去的几年间，新的研究让我们对挣钱多少与心理感受间的关系有了更深刻的认识。研究结果有些显而易见，一般而言，有钱人确实会比挣扎在温饱线上的人更幸福。但是，研究也发现，合理消费才能使你在买单时更快乐。下面就奉上一些消费建议： Buy?experiences,?not?stuff. 相比实物，为体验买单。 In?a?recently?published?study,?Ryan?Howell,?associate?professor?of?psychology?at?San?FranciscoState?University?in?the?US,?found?that?when?people?don’t?have?much?money?to?spare,?theytend?to?stick?to?material?goods. 美国旧金山州立大学的心理学副教授瑞安?豪威尔最近发表的一项研究显示，当人们没有多余的钱可以支配时，总会选择购买物质产品。 “People?think?that?experiences?are?only?going?to?provide?temporary?happiness,”?he?told?TheWall?Street?Journal?in?an?interview. “…?but?they?actually?provide?both?more?happiness?andmore?lasting?value.” 他在接受《华尔街日报》的采访时说：“人们认为体验只能带来暂时的幸福感，但事实上它们不仅能带来更大的幸福感，还具有更长久的价值。” Buy?lots?of?little?things,?rather?than?one?big?thing. 相比大件，入手一些小东西。 No?matter?how?much?money?you?spend?on?something?and?how?special?that?product?is,?you?willget?used?to?having?it?over?time?and?it?will?become?just?another?object.?People?adapt?to?havingnew?stuff,?and?anything?that?disrupts?that?adaptation?is?likely?to?prolong?happiness,?says?anAtlantic?article.?Buying?small?things?can?give?us?frequent?small?pleasures?that?are?differenteach?time?they?occur,?as?they?forestall?adaptation. 《大西洋月刊》的一篇文章则写到：不管你在付钱时所买之物多么昂贵或是与众不同，随着时间的推移它都会失去新意，成为一件普通物品。追求新鲜是人的本性，而任何可以打破习惯之物都能带来更长久的幸福感。买一些小物件则能在上一件物品失去新意之前，不断带给我们新的愉悦感。 Buy?what?you?like. 为心仪之物买单。 No?keeping?up?with?the?Joneses. “There?are?a?lot?of?reasons?someone?migh