A common misconception that is seen all around us is that only money can lead to happiness. This is commonly seen among young people such as students. They believe that the only way for them to feel success and happiness is through getting a big job right of college. This misconception even goes beyond that. The myth turns more into money being the root of all evil, and not necessarily happiness.
I often hear people say, “If I could only win the lottery, I would have no worries.” Commonly, people who do win don’t know what to do with his or herself. They go from being the “average Joe”, to being a multimillionaire overnight. A change like this is dramatic. Often people can’t adjust to sudden change in lifestyles. I have seen television shows that show the transition of the lifestyles of these winners. Often many of them have trouble with their spouses or even gable away all of the money. Some of them even say that they wished they never even won. What seemed like a miracle to win just may have been they worst thing that ever happened to them.
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I agree with this myth -- we could probably even go as far to say that the myth of people trying to seek the easy way out on things holds true. Winning the lottery and becomming rich fits within this myth.
A person wants the easy way out, doing as little work [in theory] as possible..who wouldn't want that?
But when they actually have nothing to do, they want the work back. As you said before, people don't know what to do with themselves. Naturally, humans need to do something.
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