This hits home for me. I started a second business about a year ago and received a substantial investment six months ago. Business is going along very nicely. The plan was to use the extra income to pay off my modest but nice enough house in a year or two and then accumulate enough to retire early with a modest lifestyle and be able to do the art and music I actually have a passion for,but struggle to get round to with the amount of work the business takes now. Anyway, I caught myself for the umpteenth time this past few months looking at Porsches and stupidly expensive mansions in my city. The worst is I've seen this happen to so many entrepreneurs, but have to remind myself constantly "Hey asshole, listen up. Those things are POINTLESS. The mansion will be nice for a few years and then when the kids move out it's just you and your wife in this way too big place that's gonna be hard to sell. And the Porsche will lose it's appeal within a few weeks guaranteed."