To be a little more helpful, I'll add that people DO take “quality of life” careers "without either inheriting or getting rich first". Just ask your average gi

To be a little more helpful, I'll add that people DO take “quality of life” careers "without either inheriting or getting rich first". Just ask your average gigging musician, writer, designer, and so on. People who run "lifestyle" business and refuse to grow them outside a living income. People who opted out of the rat race, from the start, or mid-career, and downsized, without being rich, to have more time with family, reduce stress, etc.