Freedom is the ability to change your circumstances. If you feel like you can't then it doesn't matter how objectively well off you are, you will be miserable.

Freedom is the ability to change your circumstances. If you feel like you can't then it doesn't matter how objectively well off you are, you will be miserable. The drug addictions and mental illness of the kids of the rich and famous I went to school with told me that there's more to life than money, the drug addictions and mental illness of the counter culture I spend my 20s with told me there's very little money doesn't improve.