“What does experience-stretching have to do with money and happiness? The Liege psychologists propose that, because money allows us to enjoy the best things in life – we can stay at expensive hotels and eat exquisite sushi and buy the nicest gadgets – we actually decrease our ability to enjoy the mundane joys of everyday life.”

Why Money Makes You Unhappy -Wired Magazine

Ah, yet another reason to rid. As if we needed it.