Evening reflection on life

This evening was one of the first times in a while when I just sat down and took time to relax enjoy the simple things like the view from my boat on which i live the taste of a cig an evening coffe we spend so much of our lifes trying to fulfill our needs and wants then compensating ourselves for the effort it costed us by buying things we dont really need or enjoy further fueling a river of needs we can spend more effort into obtaining but what is the end game of all this? Why is it so hard to be happy with what we have and just enjoy the simple pleasures of life? To not do things we dont enjoy so we can fulfill our wants telling ourselves its a necessity and then wasting more time to compensate ourself for doing the things we didnt enjoy with more things that wont bring us happiness