Am I less worried still having $2M than I am with $400K (80% loss on $2M)? You bet I am! Not happy with either, but with the latter I'm back to looking for work, while I can still live on the former.
And to Robbie's point, sure, I'll spend more if I have 10x the money, but I won't spend 10x more. And it would be on stuff that would be very easy to back off of. I enjoy your posts for the most part Robbie, but your "gotta blow that dough" mantra sounds really misguided to me. My goal would be to enjoy life as much as I could, using my money to enable that, but the goal would not be focused on spending money. Experiences, "stuff", and helping others can bring enjoyment and satisfaction to me. The act of spending money for spending sake does nothing. I suspect you don't really do that either, but it sounds stupid when you repeat it so often. Sorry, I searched for a less offensive word but that one captures it, and I made sure I'm attacking the posts and not the poster.