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In recent time economic growth has made some people richer in both developed and developing countries. While studies show that people in developing countries are happier now than before, people in developed countries are no happier than they were before.

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If a person has money, it does not mean that he is happy. Despite that
economic
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 of both developed and developing
countries
 is growing.
People
 from developed
countries
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do
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don
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do
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 not feel happy
like
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as
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 they used to, whereas
people
 from developing
countries
 feel happier than they were ever before. Now I am going to outline why
this phenomena
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this phenomenon
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 happened and tell about the lesson that can be learned from it. In the case of developed
countries
,
people
 have never
starving
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. Food was available and
people
 could
bought
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 it whenever they wanted for
relatively
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a relatively
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 cheap price. Decades ago work was not as hard as it is now,
moreover
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people
 could easily take a rest as they had
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plenty of
spared
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 time.
People
 took
such
 good conditions for granted. Nowadays
people
 who are getting richer do not feel happy as they
supposed
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 to do.
This
 happens because of hard work and tough competition between
people
 .
Their
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 ambitions that encourage them to pursue their goals do not allow them to take a rest and spend
pleasure
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pleasant
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 time with their friends and family.
On the other
hand
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 developing
countries
 had never lived in good conditions.
People
 usually had no money to buy food or
another
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other
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 stuff.
That
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 conditions encouraged them to work harder. In the present
days
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 they become richer and
consequently
 they can afford things that they could not in the past. That’s why they are getting happier. In conclusion, I must say that we should appreciate what we have and spend more time with our family and friends.
Also
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 we ought to remember that someone never had a chance to make their life better.
Submitted by Mezun 2023 on

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