Why do you want to be rich?

Yesterday I was having one of those weird philosophical conversation with an acquaintance I met recently. We talked about a bunch of topics that included money and lifestyle.

According to him, a good life is measured by how much flexing and "fun shit" you can do during your short life. He doesn't understand why anyone will decide to live a secluded life and thinks it is lame.

According to him, getting rich is all about making enough money to spend on fun shit. This differs slightly from my simplistic lifestyle that also wants to be rich but simply because of the principle of it.

On the surface of it, he makes some salient points about being rich and flexing. He talked about the shortness of life and why he will enjoy himself more often. They all make sense because you're here today and gone tomorrow, not much we can do about that.

However, the problem with this way of reasoning is that it doesn't consider the simple fact that nobody stays rich by spending money.

Perhaps he's right, and that we only live for a short time so if you have money, live it up. Then again, I'm also sceptical about just simply having fun and I enjoy the process of getting money.

At the end of the day, we're both different people, with different views. The question is, what do you think about being rich.