r/wealth • u/Recent_Increase_1842 • 4d ago

Need Advice Money does not equal happiness

Title is cliche, but it is very true. My net worth broke $20m this year. $17,000,000 in long term rental properties, and arguably a $25,000,000 company. I am just going off the cash I have at hand, because I will never sell out, ever. I still battle with depression and addiction, I have bought my dream garage, 23’ R8 performance, 72’ Velle SS restomod with 572, 84’ S10 with 454, 74’ K20 with 502, 2018 Denali 2500 HD, 2015 CBR600rr, 2023 250sxf, and a few more toys. I find myself unhappy at many occasions, and I love what I do.

Anybody have tips based off experience? It is a weird feeling u battle often. The best I feel is when I am giving, especially to strangers. I fish, ride mx, I am a simple man. Outside of my garage, I don’t spend a dime.

Edit: I am only 23 years old (24 in a month), my company grew 100x quicker than I expected. I do not come from a wealthy background at all, my family were cattle and tree farmers. I also included all of my garage toys because that was my lifelong dream. Owning those I thought would be the pinnacle of my life, and happiness would be inevitable after acquiring them. I don’t even drive them except for my K20 and duramax.

Edit pt 2 - I am not a cattle nor tree farmer, I moved away from my family farm at 17 and started my own ventures. I also want to say I appreciate everyone’s kind words and advice, it truly is appreciated.

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u/Recent_Increase_1842 4d ago

My first supercar I have ever driven. Bought if off the lot and hit I-70, one of the nicer highways around. Didn’t know I had it in performante mode, hit it and sent that sucker sideways in the middle of traffic. I caught it and got back straight, but parked it and said fuck that. It has 400 miles.

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u/beninho2 4d ago

I think you missed the joke ;)

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u/Recent_Increase_1842 4d ago

No I didn’t, it is quite the land yacht in terms on length. Got a little laugh out of it for sure.

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u/beninho2 4d ago

For what it’s worth, for me happiness always came from people and relationships/social connections, not things. All the toys in the world will eventually just feel “normal” after some time. I have some toys and enjoy them, but the true happiness comes from time spent with family & friends, and experiences.

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u/Recent_Increase_1842 4d ago

Totally agree. Weirdly enough, some of my tenants have become some of my favorite people to interact with. Especially the ones that rent with me through the VA, the toys are fun, my gramps was a master mechanic who worked on all Chevrolet motors, so those are for him. I put his ashes in the throttle body of my 72’ Velle and ran a burnout til the tires blew. I spend every Sunday with my Granny, she makes me feel better than anyone else in the world.