My friend, Amitava, just described a very interesting perspective on charting your life. Imagine a graph with 2 axes where the x-axis refers to doing something in your life which you find fun (usually represented by a job) and the y-axis refers to the amount of material goods you want to acquire in your life. Typically, the more material goods you want to acquire, means that you'll have to chase for more money and usually means you'll end up doing something less fun to acquire more money. At the same time, some lucky people end up attaining the "ideal" spot where what they find fun to do also results in acquiring a lot of income. So ultimately the question for everyone is not what the meaning of life is but instead which spot on the graph do you want to occupy.