What drives you to aim to attain super wealth?

[Alex Silang]

So I had a windfall and can sort of "semi retire" with a part time low stress job. 

Part of me is considering buying more real estate though. I like the idea of being involved with and affecting the world. 

But the other part of me is pointing out that I would have to come up with large downpayments for properties that would be break even or even lose money. Risky too compared to just holding stocks or bonds.

I'm not even worth that much money so I have to ask the more experienced and successful investors on this forum: what keeps you going? why more? 

can anyone relate to me being tempted to chill out and do nothing?

[Mike Dymski]

Very few people have reached financial independence...and others that have reached it that keep working do it for personal satisfaction.

Incidentally, most of us consider real estate, done properly, to be lower risk than the stock market, which is why we invest in it.