Shouldn't everyone learn to embrace a "good enough" life? That's called being happy and appreciative of what you have. Americans especially are striving for more constantly; much of that has to do with the winner-loser nature of capitalism and the fact that the stakes are enormous in this country. Even the wealthy will stress about not being as wealthy as their richer neighbor. It's hard to take a step back and feel content with what you've accomplished so far because you always feel like you could be doing more, like Person X you read about in Blog Y who is founding his fourth successful startup while still managing to spend time with his 5 children.