【The New York Times】How to Buy Happiness (Responsibly)

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How to Buy Happiness (Responsibly) (Published 2021)
The great reopening offers ample opportunity to lift your spirits if you have some money to spare. Here’s how to do it r...

コロナ後、何にお金を使うべきか。私は在宅勤務の気分転換(香水やお茶)にお金かけ始めました。引っ越しもあるからまだまだ抑えめに。

だいぶ前の記事のため、インフレやロシア政情等は含んでないのでご注意。

binge

意味 [C] (くだけて) 飲み騒ぎ (spree); 度を超すこと.

Bring on the nationwide spending binge.

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kindling

意味 (枯れ葉· 木材などの) たきつけ.興奮.

That leftover money is a kind of kindling.

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empathy

意味 共感

“I always come from the approach that there is no judgment, and I try to come with empathy to help people clarify what the money means for them,” he said.

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well-worn

意味 使い古した

Every few years, I reopen my well-worn copy of “Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending,” a book from 2013 by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton, for a review session.

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frequent-flier

意味 マイレージサービス

And I’m prioritizing a trip with my daughters to the Great Barrier Reef (using approximately 9,000 years of frequent-flier mile savings) before it is no more.

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endorse

意味 (公に)〈意見· 提案· 人など〉を支持する, 承認する.

Professor Dunn endorsed my plans, and the need to get out into the world again.

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pursue

意味 追求する

But just because so much fun seems available again all at once, it doesn’t mean you should pursue it all simultaneously.

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「simultaneously」は分かったんだけどなー。

undercurrent

意味 (感情· 思想などの) 底流, 暗流.

“I’ve done trips with an undercurrent of ‘I’m about to be in trouble,’” she told me this week.

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