Comment by ropable

I'm pretty sure that you don't need to come into excessive wealth to go through this kind of identity crisis, but it does probably afford you a lot more free time to dwell on it (which probably makes it feel "bigger"). Here's hoping the author can settle on a new goal on which to anchor his identity, and here's also hoping that it's some kind of philanthropic/common good (helping move society towards low-carbon energy abundance would be my pick).