You’re fighting a very large, well funded set of reinforced observations. Your neighbor’s daughter does a-z in terms of high school extra curriculars, does all the networking, etc etc etc… With your own eyes you’ll note they are in the near future making much more then you or I more “laid back” folks.
The question is, is it worth it? Can you actually stop to smell the roses? For what it’s worth, all I’d like is enough money to build my own house, and go on vacation once in a while. But we should all want to live a meaningful life.