[Arete314159]

When I was poor I did odd jobs for a friend who'd made it big and was now a millionaire. I thought he had it made, until one day I heard him complaining about a friend of his who'd made 50 million. Then I realized that in spite of his huge house, fancy cars and so on, he was still consumed with jealousy and bitterness around matters of money.

If you've got a decent roof over your head, access to good healthcare and a car that runs reasonably well, you're doing better than a huge portion of humanity.

Don't look up and wonder why you're not there, look down and wonder how you can help.

This has the added benefit of allowing you to not drive yourself crazy.

[mister_tee]

From Kurt Vonnegut's obituary-poem for Joseph Heller [0]: the two were at a party hosted by a billionaire. Vonnegut asked how he felt that the billionaire made in a day what Catch-22 earned over its entire run:

  And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
  And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
  And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
  Not bad! Rest in peace!

[0] https://apoemaday.tumblr.com/post/190861571089/joe-heller

[xkeysc0re]

Had a similar realization when I was invited to a friend of a friend's mega yacht for a party. Ship was bigger than any house I've ever been in, had a heli pad, garage, and pool. What did the owner spend most of his time doing? Endlessly scrolling through Insta

[randomopining]

Yeah lol nothing changes. Addicted to seeing what others are doing and how he can look like he's better or something.

Any basic-azz person is still gonna be basic even if they make a milli.

[agent008t]

This is also where philosophy can help. I would recommend reading Seneca's 'Letters from a Stoic'.