Don't chase "success". Chase happiness. If you chase success, you're chasing a moving goal post. You will never truly be happy until you get content. Your frust

Don't chase "success". Chase happiness. If you chase success, you're chasing a moving goal post. You will never truly be happy until you get content. Your frustration may come from the fact that you have high expectations for yourself. Slow down and enjoy the little things, that morning coffee, that lunch with friends, etc. Chase every work opportunity and do work hard, but don't chase success to obtain a state of permanent happiness. The fact is, money in a bank account, once you get enough to live, is just digits. Add a 0 at the end of it, that doesn't make you happy. And shopping therapy is a very short fix. I find I'm much happier running projects with 0 expectations of deriving $ value. E.g. free games, free software, happy hacks. Once money is involved, expectations jump.