Nope, most 'successful' people work many more hours a week than 40, and scrimp, save, and INVEST to COMFORTABLY afford their first and last 'new car' at around age 50. But if you live BELOW your income, and invest, you can still retire comfortably.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.