A billion dollar day

I sometimes ask myself what I would do if I woke up one day with $1 billion in my bank account. How would my day be different compared to any other day?

The question usually comes as a response when I catch myself being jealous of others that have more than me. Seeing other indie founders on X flex their MRR numbers that are 10x mine, or watching some entrepreneur bro "guru" on Youtube making my monthly income in a day, usually triggers this feeling.

Here's the thing. I find it really hard to picture anything I would do differently on a day with $1 billion. That's why my feeling of jealousy doesn't quite make sense to me.

Sure, I might go out and buy a maxed out MacBook + Pro Display XDR. That would increase my happiness for maybe a week. But then that would become my new normal, and my baseline happiness is reset. What I'm saying is, buying new stuff is probably not my recipe for happiness if I suddenly became a billionaire.

I would still go climbing or do some other exercise. Do some coding. Design stuff. Hang out with my girlfriend and watch some TV show while having dinner. Meet friends.

So, if there is nothing I would do inherently differently on a billion dollar day, doesn't that mean I'm currently living my dream lifestyle? What is there to possibly achieve after that? What money could make my life level up higher than literally dream lifestyle?

That's why I don't understand my jealousy. Because I still feel it. Even though I understand that no amount of money would allow me to feel a higher sense of happiness than I am capable of feeling now. It's a really dumb feeling.