A lot of people want to be rich and do 'nothing'- eg. sit on a beach all day or travel all the time. Most people will experience the same thing as you did, but

A lot of people want to be rich and do 'nothing'- eg. sit on a beach all day or travel all the time. Most people will experience the same thing as you did, but don't know it before hand. People want to be useful and do something, what they don't want is crap bosses and poor work conditions. From what I've observed, people with good bosses & work conditions (including adequate salary to cover their needs and save some) tend to desire less to be rich as all their needs are covered. More often people under poor working conditions & pay desire to be rich as means to get away from their situation thinking it would solve their problems.