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[quote=Anonymous]In my experience it’s not totally true that money can’t buy you happiness. BUT. Here is what I’ve learned so far:

1. Stay invisible. Don’t let other people know you have (a lot of) money - it’s makes new friendships harder and friendships/ connection are SO important. 
2. Figure out what irritates you or stresses you out - and then figure out how to never do it again. Money may not be able to buy happiness but it can create lovely frictionless solutions for situations that were previously stressful. (Personally, being whisked through customs and into a car to my hotel never gets old for me but YMMV)
3.  Give money anonymously when you give locally and then carry around that little secret with you and let it bring you joy. 
4. Keep making new friends, keep meeting new people. Don’t let your money isolate you and don’t fall into the trap of thinking everyone is out to get something from you. Some people will - but they are rarer than you think and it’s not worth missing all the other great people just to avoid one or two shady ones. 
5. Use your money to keep in touch with your old friends - the ones who were your friends before you had a dime. Those people love you for who you are and you know it. Go see them. Take them out to dinner. Rent a beach house and invite them to it. Seeing old friends refreshes your soul. 
6. Go to therapy and get all the “I feel awful and I’m so rich and I don’t know why it’s awful sometimes” stuff off your chest because you absolutely cannot talk to most people about this. 
7. Make a few really friends and have a couple trips with them a year - sometimes it nice to bring your whole self to your friendships, including talking about how sometimes it’s hard to be rich. It’s too insufferable to talk about with most people, but you can do it with other rich people.  
8. Never ever use your money/wealth/privilege to make other people feel bad. If you find yourself in some weird conversation where someone is trying to flex or one-up you, you know you’re not in a conversation worth having. At the end of the day, making other people feel bad because you have so much will only make you feel horrible and empty.

Best of luck. It’s a gift. Enjoy it (carefully).

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