Most of us probably have those moments where we think of how great it would be to live one of your 'extreme' examples, but we wouldn't really want to live like

Most of us probably have those moments where we think of how great it would be to live one of your 'extreme' examples, but we wouldn't really want to live like that. Who wants to spend their lives just sitting around? In fact, most people I know spend their free time creating things in one form or another, and would do it 24/7 if given the opportunity. Happiness is creating new things, and to the extent that money enables this, it makes us happy.