Would depend on your definition of wealth of course. Mine is super simple, it's to have the freedom to follow my curiosity wherever it leads me. Initially or even last year I've had to sacrifice everything I had to follow my intuition. I'm quite certain that as time goes on, I'll be able to do follow my gut without having to risk loosing everything. As some of these decisions pay off as time goes on. I'm quite proud of myself to follow it, even when I had no idea how to proceed. It is of course scary but you can train yourself to be able to tolerate higher level of discomfort. Almost to the point you start enjoying them slightly. I've been able to do it while learning Zig and the payoff is amazing. A feeling of higher competence than the one I had before. This for me is one of the greatest feeling ever. The pursuit of being better than I was.
I only brought this up as I was watching a video today about Crypto, NFT's and other get rich quick schemes. Sure, some people do make a lot of the money but I think they just prove the point. Before I fell in love with programming I did follow a lot of these ideas. Money is awesome and when you don't have any of it, it can solve all your problems. To be honest, even after I found programming I had my doubts, if I could ever be financially free. So I still dabbled in Crypto. Around last year though, I had the simple realization that I love programming and I am willing to put a lot of effort into getting better, so why not put all my eggs in this basket. Use programming as the driver for financial freedom.
I'm not free yet, not even close. But there is a huge sense of direction and purpose upon making this single decision. I know it will take time, but I've got time, If I don't, I don't need to be financially free either. After all what is the point of money without having the time to spend it? Plus, you do tend to spend a lot of time in the process, being wealthy is one such process. So why not make the journey an exciting and one that actually brings you joy?
All my focus and attention is spent on software, as a business and a craft. I don't plan on dividing my attention any time soon on any other thing. At some point, I'll put any excess money into an Index fund and forget about it. I don't plan on buying a house or any other forms of investment. Only exception is that if I don't need to spend my attention on it. Hopefully, I don't need to specify that I'm not a financial expert. These are just my opinions on my time and money, please don't follow it.
This might sound like a gamble, but to me, it sounds perfectly sane. In the end I could be wrong, but as long as I live life on my terms, I've won. One day I'll be dead, and I don't want to look back at anything I could have done better. I'm doing what I can, the best I can right now.
Here's to being wealthy.