I think, at a certain point, ambition becomes the enemy of happiness. My husband and I want to have 4 children, so we'll need to work hard to make sure we can afford it, but we've talked many times about the fact that, honestly, we don't want to be rich. It sounds exhausting. What we want is to be happy and comfortable. Right now, that's the place we're at. As babies come into the picture that may change (because kids are so expensive holy moly!), but ambition doesn't need to trump happiness.
I think, at a certain point, ambition becomes the enemy of happiness. My husband and I want to have 4 children, so we'll need to work hard to make sure we can afford it, but we've talked many times about the fact that, honestly, we don't want to be rich. It sounds exhausting. What we want is to be happy and comfortable. Right now, that's the place we're at. As babies come into the picture that may change (because kids are so expensive holy moly!), but ambition doesn't need to trump happiness.