I AM obsessed with doing whatever the hell I want to do, which I've basically been able to do for most of my twenties.
Hell, I've been dead broke and still been able to do whatever I want to do.
Don't worry about money. It's a silly thing to fret over. You think you need it to travel, to eat nice food, to be comfortable... but the most traveling I've ever done was while I was the most broke... and I got to see the world while playing music!
When I have had my most steady, high paying incomes, I've been content, but not really feeling all that free.
See, you can worry about money, and then work really hard to get it, and be around other people who want to work really hard for money... but... people who only care about working hard for money are ridiculously boring.
They are so boring, in fact, that they have to use their money to buy things and pay for interesting people to spice up their lives.
Whereas the people who are more interested in just living life typically have pretty interesting friends who do, and most importantly, make interesting things. Gourmet dinner potlucks! Hanging out at a friend's art studio! Touring with a friend's band!
How do you get friends like that? You have to do and make interesting things as well!
I hope everyone actually does take offense to this: When I hear someone say they want to be filthy rich, I hear it as them saying they want to be a boring douche bag.