Money.
Money is the root of all happiness, plain and simple. Fuck when people say it's the root of all evil. That's bullshit. It's just how you use it. The bad just overlooks the good of what you can truely do with money.
With money, you can do whatever the fuck you want. Most likely it means you have a job your happy with, pride, self confidence, you can have a nice home, vehicles, take vacations, and provide the support for a family or just you and your girl. No women wants a broke ass man and it takes a great job/money to feel prideful of your accomplishments in life.
Status is defined by society. That doesn't fucking matter to me. Who really cares what others think of you. If you have enough money to live comfortably and provide for youself and family, then who cares about status.