I think we need to focus on the few things we want to excel at, and eliminate the rest. Have fewer goals, but be really dedicated in pursuing them. I think this can breach the gap between life satisfaction and success.
Btw that post from @thebloggeradam smells like it’s AI-generated. 
What’s next, give up breathing?
One thing is absolutely necessary for the body, the other is poison for it.
Why compare these two things? 
Why should breathing be poisonous? 
It used to be, dioxygen was a big deal when it first appeared in meaningful quantities, very corrosive, it killed a lot of the anaerobic organisms that populated the Earth at the time, very deadly.
I doubt the explosion of life and biodiversity Earth had after that is what alcohol will give birth to, though.
One of my regrets in life is not embracing a minimalist lifestyle early in life. Like Clooney in that Up in the Air movie. It must be liberating AND saves a lot of money.
There’s a quote from the movie Fightclub, if I remember it correctly: We buy stuff we don’t need to impress peope we don’t like with money that we don’t have. While I don’t 100% agree with this line, there’s an underlying sentiment which resonates.
How about “We buy stuff that don’t compound with money we could put into VT to impress people with a wasteful mentality”? 
Not a minimalist but frugal by choice, total pig by nature. The only saving grace is I don’t really need much to be happy, most of my needs are covered with pretty much standard stuff.
Essentially for many years I’d fallen into the absolute mental black hole of postponing my happiness for later, but by the time the “later” came I’d changed myself, and there was a new “later” on the horizon. Still doing the same, just this time I am doing it with a plan, which is early-ish retirement.
Haven’t figured out what’s an actually good idea regarding life, I know people who had millions and lived like paupers (my friend from the share your story post), people who live like millionaires and are one bad step away from financial disaster and borderline not having enough to keep the lights on, and a couple of millionaires who really live like millionaires, talking about having servant etc. And tons of people in between.
A prime example. I could have rented this:
https://www.obi.ch/markt/mietgeraete/bohren-und-stemmen-255542/stemmhammer-30kg-230v-hex-28-18219
70 CHF for 4 hours. But then I have to add 1 hour of hassle to rent and drive to get it and drop it off again.
Instead, I bought a similar tool for < 200 Fr. It got delivered to my door. I could then use it any time it suited me.
If I can sell it again for 70 CHF less than I bought it, I’d be in the same position. Or if I used it 2 more times, it will have paid for itself.