All this.
And I if you are "broke" right now, you probably gonna be like "nikkah you ungrateful as fukk, if that was me...yada yada yada.", but once you hit a certain amount of income and security, you realize that life really ain't about money frfr.
Yes, it does give a access to good health care and take away the stress of providing food/shelter/clothing/transportation. But after your basic needs are met, the toys and trips do get boring eventually.
I was dead broke supporting my family ( 2 kids and my mom's at the time ) with plasma donations and working temp jobs and now we can pretty much do whatever we want. (My mom's passed once I got the $ tho #fukk cancer)
I was "happier" back then actually because:
a. I felt proud to do shyt people were ashamed to admit to doing because it proved to me that I really loved my family and could sacrifice my pride to make sure they were good. ( Side note I was never ashamed actually for the that reason itself )
b. I was studying DAILY for my "6 certs" and felt accomplished at the end of everyday witht he knowledge I was learning.
AFTER I reach my financial goals, life e got hella boring and now I really do have anything to strive for.
I take my kids to different states just for lunch and come back home.
Is it cool? Yeah.
Am I "happier"? No.
I make good money basically doing nothing all day but logging into a box and typing a few commands , so I kinda feel worthless and like a fraud now, because I'm not providing real value to the world, outside of the corporations I work for bottom line.
I honestly felt more proud of myself when I was a cook at Pizza hut...I was cold on that white board too lol.
Most of my friends and inner circle make the same income but alot of my old friends and family, who I love to death however don't, so it's hard to even tell them when I have life problems cause alot think since I'm good on the money, I shouldn't feel sad/depressed, and that I'm just complaining, which I understand because I was on that side before, but they don't get why I'm envious of them.
I sacrificed a good relationship to chase the bag, and she wasn't a materialistic person at all.
I envy them because, yeah they aren't taking in money, but they still have their girlfriends, wives, who love them for them and are there with them thru the struggle.
Ive fukked more women than I can count (before the money too) and that shyt empty as fukk.
Have pretty much unlimited access to things leaves you as a human really empty big you don't have TRUE WEALTH ( THE LOVE, RESPECT, AND COMPANY OF OTHER HUMANS)
That's what true wealth is to me at least.