I know your point OP. I actually think close to this, since I don't base my life in the pursuit of money.
But unfortunelly at the end of the day money talks, basically.
What I'm saying is, you don't need your life philosophy based upon money and that's all. But you need to simply understand that (unfortunelly?) our society is based upon this ish.
I mean, I have a stable job wich I don't really work that much, but also don't make that much of money. I'm trying to enter in other type of bussiness to add some money to my savings.
But while that I appreciate life as much as I can.
In a nutshell: You need to have a balance in this mindset,.