I don't hold a grudge against the so called "material things". Value is subjective anyways, so these "material things" that don't mean much to you might mean the world to someone else.

I'm on the same boat as you though. I value experiences and acts of service much more over material things.

gnilma

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Does Extreme Wealth Change People?

denlillaapan

> Wealth gives you optionality and saves you time. If money is human time and energy in an abstracted form, then having more money allows you to command and utilize more human time and energy.

Yeah, this I totally buy. Notice, though, how none of that is _material things_: it's doing/services with payback in experience/achievements/less worry. 
Those things I value greatly and, I suspect, will/would value as wealthy