Be Happy with what you have
My 2cts, not trying to convince anyone :) Just giving perspective; might help some.<p>There are many ways to do this. The easiest I found is moving away from toxic environments which, for me (it&#x27;s personal; other people have different experiences I guess), are cities. You can get everything &#x27;same day&#x27;, you see many people &#x27;having things&#x27; and &#x27;having better lives than you have&#x27; (perceived) around you. And a lot of people are showing off their things you don&#x27;t have; sports cars, new boobs, latest smartphone and so on. And that, even if you don&#x27;t do it consciously, builds on stress levels, on top of the stress that you &#x27;have to do stuff&#x27; otherwise you cannot pay for your tiny, very expensive apartment. Most people I know (exclusively living in cities) don&#x27;t even dare to invite people in their homes unless they have stuff to show off in there minuscule city dwellings of E800k.<p>In my village people are down to earth, no-one shows off, you get a villa + pool + huge garden for a fraction of what you had in the city and you can survive there for a very long time with very little money because it is much cheaper AND there is a barter economy as well (I fix old computers for people and get food for instance).<p>I would never go back. I think a lot of younger people (me in my younger years) think they cannot live without the &#x27;liveliness&#x27; of the city while burning themselves out. Not sure about the numbers obviously but most my friends have since moved and everyone regrets not doing it earlier.<p>Edit: rereading I notice my negative tone about city dwellings; that&#x27;s because I cannot imagine &#x2F; phantom that anyone would want to live in a cramped apartment <i>ever</i> and definitely not for that price. While I did when I was in my 20s and I was convinced I would never leave. But I was wrong; in hindsight I was just scared. Once we did try (my wife being a HUGE ex-city living fan, far more than I was) we literally turned 180deg.