It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Once basic needs are covered, more money and grander surroundings add less than people expect, while a calm mind and something absorbing to do add a great deal. Tranquillity alone can become boredom, and busyness alone becomes strain; it is the pairing of peace with purposeful work that tends to make ordinary days feel good. None of this dismisses how much it matters to have enough.

Ask what occupies you in a way that makes time disappear, and how often you get to do it. Ask too what disturbs your peace most often. Small adjustments to either one may change your days more than you would expect.