I’ve always thought the search for happiness is framed incorrectly from the start. Happiness is a short term emotional state. It comes from essentially mundane activities (more specifically, your mental reaction to them) and isn’t the consequence of a larger vision or long-term project in the way “being wealthy” is. Being happy is more like feeling full after eating a meal; while you can structure your life in such a way that you eat well on a regular basis, it’s the eating that makes you feel full, not the long-term plan of always having good food around.