@AKEmon869 you can make being poor, and reasonably happy at the same time, work out, but I can say that having more money has increased my happiness level. Women can be fun too, but there's lots of danger involved with associating with 2023 feminists. I have seen that myself, repeatedly, and am pretty much a monk these days.

@AKEmon869 Marcus Aurelius also said, "It is possible to be happy, even in a palace," which speaks to how ostentatious wealth really isn't that great.