Happy Money Happy Life

Transform your relationship with money into one that powers true wellbeing. Money can buy happiness when you spend it on wellness.

In Happy Money Happy Life: A Multidimensional Approach to Health, Wealth, and Financial Freedom, celebrated writer, speaker, and entrepreneur Jason Vitug delivers an exciting and practical discussion at the intersection of our mental and emotional health and our money. You’ll explore the importance of physical and spiritual wellbeing, the interconnectedness of environmental comfort, meaningful work, and social connections as you learn to live a healthier, wealthier, and happier life.

With insightful takeaways from happiness research, you’ll understand how money weaves itself into every aspect of your life and how you can masterfully use it to choose happiness.

In the book, you’ll find:

• Descriptions of the 8 dimensions of wellness and a hands-on framework you can use to achieve your financial and life goals
• 4 key principles to living a happier life
• A holistic strategy for transforming your relationship with money into one that improves every aspect of your wellbeing

An indispensable roadmap to mental strength, physical health, financial success, and emotional intelligence, Happy Money Happy Life is ideal for professionals, managers, workers, executives, and other business leaders ready to explore the possibility that life is about joy and happiness, not merely titles and salaries.

Dedication

Contents

Better Luck Next Life: Preface

Poetic Introduction

Introduction

Book I

Book I: In Pursuit of Happiness

Chapter 1: The Artful Non-Science of Happiness

Chapter 2: Money Isn’t Everything

Chapter 3: But Money Impacts Most Things

Chapter 4: Money Can Buy Happiness

Book II

Book II Poetic Introduction

Book II: Happy Life

Chapter 5: Happy Money – Living financially free

Chapter 6: Happy Work – Rewire, don’t retire

Chapter 7: Happy Mind – Invest in yourself and learn continuously

Chapter 8: Happy Heart – Memories appreciate, stuff depreciates

Chapter 9: Happy Body – Be kind toyour body, it’s priceless

Chapter 10: Happy Social – Connections are your lifeline

Chapter 11: Happy Space – Free your space and yourself

Chapter 12: Happy Spirit – Serve a purpose, not a purchase

Happy Dimension Summary

Happy Break - The Acorn Within, a Spoken Word Poem

Book III

Book III: Happy Money Introduction / Choosing Financial Happiness

Chapter 13: Part 1: Money Beliefs

Chapter 14: Part 2: Money Vitals

Part 3: Money Journey Introduction

Chapter 15: Save for the unexpected

Chapter 16: You’re going to retire one day

Chapter 17: Debt is holding you back

Chapter 18: You need to make more money

Chapter 19: Start investing right now

Chapter 20: Be creditworthy, not credit hungry

Chapter 21: For your protection, please

Chapter 22: Your ultimate safety net

Chapter 23: Independence is your birthright

Conclusion: Choose Happiness

Poetic Affirmation

Author Bio

Acknowledgments

Index

JASON VITUG is an award-winning creator, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and producer. He is the founder of the personal finance website phroogal.com and creator of the Road to Financial Wellness. He is the author of You Only Live Once: The Roadmap to Financial Wellness and a Purposeful Life.

Society runs on money, and you need to be good with money to live a happy life. That doesn’t mean you need to earn the most, or have the most, or be a millionaire (although that doesn’t hurt). Instead, you need to learn to utilize money as the tool to help you achieve your goals.

In Happy Money Happy Life: A Multi-dimensional Approach to Health, Wealth, and Financial Freedom, celebrated author and creator Jason Vitug delivers an inspiring and effective resource to help you transform money into a force for good in your life, one that supports your happiness and well-being. You’ll learn to challenge your beliefs about money and its tangible and intangible qualities as you implement a practical and systematic approach to personal finance that generates immediate results. Acknowledging the reality that money can, in many cases, buy happiness (or at least the building blocks of happiness), the book sets out to detail how to use your money in ways that get you the biggest happiness gains.

Written in three parts, the book outlines the science behind happiness and how to spend your money to improve your well-being and long-term happiness. The author then explains the eight overlapping dimensions of happiness—including mental, emotional, physical, social, occupational, environmental, spiritual, and financial dimensions—and how money affects each of these. Finally, you’ll explore strategies and tactics you can use to improve your personal finance situation and help you reach your goals.

An artful and insightful take on how to make your money work to actively improve your life, Happy Money Happy Life will earn a place in the libraries of anyone with an interest in the intersection of personal finance and self-improvement.

Transform your relationship with money and learn how to buy happiness by spending on wellness

Happy Money Happy Life: A Multidimensional Approach to Health, Wealth, and Financial Freedom is an incisive and inspirational exploration of how to best use money to improve your happiness and well-being. You’ll learn to transform your finances into a force for good in your life, challenging and changing your beliefs about money and happiness along the way.

A startlingly original and practical take on how to actively improve your life with your money, Happy Money Happy Life deserves a spot on the bookshelves of everyone interested in reimagining the role of money in their lives and increasing their overall levels of well-being and happiness.

“Happy Money Happy Life cleverly and artfully weaves money into aspects of our well-being. Read this book, it’s for those of us who seek financial wholeness and happiness.”
—TIFFANY ALICHE, The Budgetnista, New York Times bestselling author of Get Good with Money

“In Happy Money Happy Life, Jason shares his personal journey of struggle, failure, and success while exploring the science around money, happiness, and why it matters. You’ll learn a lot and become an instant fan of his spirit and philosophy.”
—DR. BRAD KLONTZ, CFP^®, bestselling author and leading expert on financial psychology

“Jason Vitug has written a must-read book on happiness that seamlessly interconnects the different layers of wellness through the lens of money. Reading this book will help you redefine wealth for yourself and live a life of more purpose, passion and abundance.”
–PATRICE WASHINGTON, bestselling author and host of the Redefining Wealth podcast