[bruce511]

"despite them having time resources to raise their standard of living, they chose not to spend time on more work."

Clearly they do not feel impoverished, and, dare I say it, do not feel that "modern standards" are worth working for.

While some standards are obviously good, like medicine, water, sanitation - some others like 2 cars, or a dishwasher may be less inspirational.

[MrStonedOne]

A dishwasher is a one time capital investment that saves water (a cost), time (that can be spent on self-directed pursuits), and human cost from under-sanitized dishes (even something like nausea from cross-contaminated food poisoning reduces a human's productitivity in their self directed pursuits).