Ok, I oversimplified and am not a specialist anyway :) basically, as I as a layman to current psychological research understand it, 70k gets you to a point wher

Ok, I oversimplified and am not a specialist anyway :) basically, as I as a layman to current psychological research understand it, 70k gets you to a point where most common financial stressors of an everyday western life can be dealt with withou too much difficulty. Above that should bring you to a place where you have more financial freedom to explore your intrinsic motivations and desires. One can travel and hire personal guides and trainers, etc. Sure, if one absolutely needs to do helicopter bungee jumping above the amazon rainforest to fullfill ones dearest intrinsic drives then yeah, 70k might not cut it :). Otoh if marathon running suffices then that has near zero cost.