What will you prefer in this economy to maintain a balance.
To be always busy working, be paid well for needs and wants, but no time for family and other things. Or not always busy, moderately paid enough for needs alone and enough time for family and other activities?
I will pick the latter, without a doubt money is important and you need to earn enough to lead a happy life, however putting money first is a mistake, as if you take the time to think about it, your most precious memories will be filled with the time you spent with your family and your friends doing mundane things, meaning that having a large amount of money and buying stuff you may want is seriously overestimated.