The less you care about others, the more you have time to think about yourself. This is very helpful, financially, and emotionally.
So people’s ability to save is more in their control than they might think. Savings can be created by spending less. You can spend less if you desire less. And you will desire less if you care less about what others think of you. As I argue often in this book, money relies more on psychology than finance. (Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel)
The more things we desire and the more we have to do to earn or attain those achievements, the less we actually enjoy our lives—and the less free we are. (The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday)