Here’s How I Make a Good Living Without Working Full Time

If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.

10 Simple Ways to Find Happiness

1. Be with others who make you smile. Studies show that we are happiest when we are around those who are also happy.
2. Hold on to your values.
3. Accept the good.
4. Imagine the best.
5. Do things you love.
6. Find purpose.
7. Listen to your heart.
8. Push yourself, not others.

1. Control Your Expenses. If you want to avoid jobs, it helps to be a bit frugal.
2. Diversify Your Income.
3. Always Have Money in the Bank.
4. Keep Looking for New Sources of Income.
5. Consider “Employment Projects”
6. Have Only Good Debt.
7. Plan for Changes.

“Globally, we find that satiation occurs at $95,000 for life evaluation and $60,000 to $75,000 for emotional well-being,” said the study’s authors in the journal. However, the study also found that the ideal income for life satisfaction in North America is $105,000, as reported by Inc.

A well-known 2010 study by Princeton researchers Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton found that people tend to feel happier the more money they make, up until a point, which Kahneman and Deaton estimated to be about $75,000 a year per person. When people earned more than $105,000, their happiness levels decreased.

Overall, job satisfaction has more weight and meaning than pursuing a job that offers a high salary. When thinking about the long run it’s important to be happy in your personal life, and that should never be based off a quantity or sum of money.

GoBankingRates determined the “living wage” necessary to live comfortably in each US state late last year. Some states, like New York, require $95,724 to live comfortably, but in other states, it can be as low as $58,321.