My father said it best... "Once you've made enough money to cover all your basic wants and needs, everything else is just keeping score." - Joel Plaice Sr.

My father said it best... "Once you've made enough money to cover all your basic wants and needs, everything else is just keeping score." - Joel Plaice Sr. There are a lot of ways to screw it up: investing poorly; living an unsustainable lifestyle; owning (and having to maintain) too much stuff; losing the desire to work and/or contribute meaningfully; putting too much emphasis on image over substance; sustaining superficial/self-serving relationships; falling prey to legal vultures; etc...