Wow epic missing the point.
The point is to settle with a 42" and a Honda, work less and have more TIME to do stuff.
Hmmm... I dunno Kofo. From my perspective, it might be YOU missing the point?
Who is to say these things are mutually exclusive?
It absolutely is possible to work less, have more TIME to do stuff WITHOUT having to "settle" for less.
If all someone wants is a 42" that's fine, but why should someone "settle" for less than what they want if it is within their power to achieve it?
Let's look at it another way. What if someone said to you, what's the point of backpacking across Europe, seeing the 7 wonders of the world, scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef, or spending quality time finding sea shells on the beach with your little ones, ...when you can instead settle for seeing pictures in Condé Nast, or kissing your sleeping baby when you come home from work? If you settle for working yourself to the bone, never travel, or spend time with your loved ones, you'll at least have a few 60" flat screens to see footage of Machu Pichu, and you'll at least be able to own a 6,000 sf house?
Would YOU be willing to "settle". No you wouldn't, because its not what YOU want for your life is it?
I'll never understand why it is that when people decide what they want for their lives, ...they somehow expect everyone else to want the same thing, ...and somehow think there's something wrong with them if they don't.
If backpacking through Europe on a shoestring works for you... more power to you.
If someone has goals towards which they're both inspired & willing to work hard to achieve... more power to them
There's nothing wrong with hard work, ...unless one is able to achieve the same results by working smarter.