Dien Rice
February 12, 2009, 12:09 PM
Valentine's Day is just around the corner... Which makes you think...
What should you get your beloved on that day?
I just read an interesting article about some interesting recent research...
Using surveys of students from San Francisco State University, researchers found that students who had bought themselves a material gift, were less happy about the purchase 3 months later than students who had bought themselves an experience...
That suggests that, for Valentine's Day, it's better to organize a candle-lit dinner (which is an experience) or go parachuting (another experience!), rather than buying your beloved a beautiful watch (which is a material gift)...
What do you think?
Here are a couple articles about this, if you would like to read them...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/10/happiness.possessions/
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsmoney10-nws,0,2820458.story
- Dien
What should you get your beloved on that day?
I just read an interesting article about some interesting recent research...
Using surveys of students from San Francisco State University, researchers found that students who had bought themselves a material gift, were less happy about the purchase 3 months later than students who had bought themselves an experience...
That suggests that, for Valentine's Day, it's better to organize a candle-lit dinner (which is an experience) or go parachuting (another experience!), rather than buying your beloved a beautiful watch (which is a material gift)...
What do you think?
Here are a couple articles about this, if you would like to read them...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/10/happiness.possessions/
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsmoney10-nws,0,2820458.story
- Dien
