It is easy to score a nice car, consume whatever entertainment you desire, feed your brain nice fat hits of dopamine at will. Attainable, though skillfully arranged as such to seem like a great challenge, enough to keep most people in full pursuit of the status of finer living their entire lives.

A good game is difficult, with many victories, but no end.

You have that model iPhone, the newest one is even more max. Your ideology was woke, last summer — that term is actually racist now and this is the current approved yard sign. Your status is slipping…

Real achievements — happiness, a peaceful home, a tranquil mind, and self-sufficiency — are a state of being, not a climb. And instead of eluding and augmenting, they draw nearer to you when you seek them.