Quite possibly. Just not my style.
And I don't want to come across as not having an accumlative streak. I have my fair share of stuff and expenditure that others might find excessive.
I'm just not prepared to create significant obligations to the rest of the world or place pressure on me or the family to support a sudden need for ivory back-scratchers or a new Audi-because-the-three-series-bimmer-is-just-so-2004.
Having had the good luck to spend time with people from just about every point on the wealth scale, I came to the conclusion some time ago that unless wealth
of and by itself makes you happy, once you have what you need, there's simply no correllation between cash and happiness.
It sounds trite but after you've had dinner with a guy worth $50M who is on the brink of tears because he's not sure his prospective wife is after the cash or him, you tend to take the view that most of us *really* need the same things and they are all pretty basic.
Of course,
what you need is a moveable feast and the often what you thought would be enough 2 years ago, simply doesn't seem quite enough when you finally get there. Yesterday's perfection is today's inadequacy.
So I just try to focus on what really matters: a house I like in a neighbourhood full I people I like, happy kids that value time with me more than stuff I bring home in the suitcase and recognising that the accumulation of stuff should be measure against the accumulation of stress.
Oh, and the odd trip to Vegas
To each their own.