How much cash do you feel that you need to get by each month (and, be happy), if you don't mind sharing?

$20,000.00

My neighborhood’s pretty expensive.

Are you talking cash or do you mean monthly expenses?

@daloon all of it. Whatever amount it is that you need to pay the bills/living expenses and enjoy yourself..

My current take home is about £2500 a month but I am no happier now than a few years ago when it was £500 a month (no idea where i spend that extra £2000 which is a little worrying).

Most people will say that, to be fully satisfied, they would need approximately 10% more money than they have. I can’t find the source at the moment, but I heard it in my Psychology course.

Thousands and thousands of green people from history times.
Also known as money.

3k USD would be cool.

$100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

AKA

100 thousand million million million million million million million million million dollars

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100 thousand billion billion billion billion billion billion dollars

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100 billion trillion trillion trillion trillion dollars

AKA

100 trillion quadrillion quadrillion quadrillion dollars

OR

maybe just googol dollars. Either amount will do

After bills, we’re left with about $300 a paycheck, and I stick $100 in the savings and the rest goes to gas and groceries.

I’d recommend $400 a paycheck (after bills) so you have $100 to spend on fun stuff. Like going out to eat or buying new clothes.

It doesn’t matter how much you make if you don’t manage your money well. I bring home $5,200 USD a month which is excellent for where I live but it’s never enough. I’m always digging change out of the console for cigarettes a few days before payday. Sigh.

$3500.

Whatever income I’ve made, I’ve found myself happy enough. I’ve always made do with the income, and lived within my means. I enjoy movies and plays and travel and whatnot, but I also enjoy just hanging out and reading and taking walks or bicycle rides. Mostly I enjoy people, so as long as I have friends, I’m pretty happy. Right now I have family, and that’s great for company. So I can even do without friends at the moment. The only thing that keeps me from being happy is something that…. well… I was going to say that no amount of money could help, but I think that’s not true. Money can really help you regain health. I guess as long as I have decent health insurance, I can live within the amount of money that is left over. It’s nice to have enough to buy a new computer every few years, or so. Of course, this one is six years old! My cell phone is five or six years old. I don’t own an iPod. Or an iPhone.