In the articles titled ‘High Incomes don't bring You Happiness’ by Caitlin Kenney and the article titled ‘You Can Buy Happiness, If It's An Experience’ by Maanvi Singh, some of the advantages presented of buying material items are that if you want something and it costs a lot of money, you are motivated to work for the money to buy the item. And some of the disadvantages of buying material items are that it doesn't necessarily bring happiness and if it does, it only lasts a very short period of time. In the text of You Can Buy Happiness, If It's An Experience, it states “You may be better off spending time and money on the latter. A growing body of research has shown that experiences tend to make people happier than material possessions. This
