The Happiness Project (a completely unofficial study)

Can money buy happiness?

I'm testing it. Publicly. With your money.

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The premise

Strangers send money. I publish whether it made me happier. There is no lab, no control group, and no peer review — just a public ledger and my honest mood score, updated on a fixed schedule.

If money can't buy happiness, we'll find out together. If it can… I'll be sure to mention it.

How it works

  1. Send any amount. $1 minimum, whatever you like — a voluntary personal gift.
  2. Happiness reports get published. Same format every time: money in, happiness score, what it bought, one blunt reflection.
  3. We all find out together. The ledger stays public, the scores stay honest, and the question stays open.

Fund the findings

The Happiness Project is a personal creative project. It is NOT a charity, NOT a nonprofit, NOT academic research, and gifts are NOT tax-deductible. Anything you send is a voluntary personal gift, used for whatever the recipient chooses — bills, books, tacos. No outcome is guaranteed. No voluntary refunds are offered, except where required by law.

Make Me Happy!

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