Are goals defined by financial status?

We are 7.5 billion human beings on this earth. Do we all have a goal? A worthwhile goal? Can we all afford to have goals? Is worthwhile subjective? The premises of this post is based on my own theory that goals of human beings in this life are directly connected to their financial circumstances. 

I was eating dinner at my regular local food joint when I heard a woman on the next table ranting about how many countries she has moved, how her aim always was to move out of her home country, and how while she had all the comforts in England (not her home country) she hated it there. I didn't quite catch it, if America was her dream destination or not. The sole reason she grabbed my attention was the lack of satisfaction in her voice. I wondered - What her goal in life is? 

What is everyone's goal on this earth? While there can be generalization of human goals, I think it may depend on their position in society or their financial well being. 

My good guess is that a poor man's goal is to make ends meet. He rarely sets long term goals for himself. His life is all about achieving his daily goals - to sleep with a roof over his head and to feed his family before they hit the bed each night. This guy can not afford other other goals such as career, spiritual, Me-time, Physical or creative goals. 

A middle class man has similar goals as the poor man, but may be with a slighter broad bandwidth - He has the liberty to dream. To dream a little for his children, to plan what they should become and what they should achieve. Backed by this end goal, his goal is to just better his circumstances with each passing year, so his family can live a better life. This guy can afford other goals such as spiritual, Me-time, physical and creative goals but is always under time-crunch because his financial burden is overwhelming and remember, he needs to make life better for people in his life. 

A rich man on the other hand has time and bandwidth for all kinds of goals - social, Me-time, physical, athletic etc etc. So much so that he can afford to be vain about his goals. His goals are endless and are coated with a thick coating of greed. Greed to have a better model of car, to have one more house, to have 10 more pair of shoes, a new dress every Friday and of course you can add to this list, other important issues and goals such as - ways to fight wrinkles, hair loss and age. The one who can truly afford to have goals, usually has a very hazy view of the finish line. He loses perspective of what ends he wishes to achieve through his goals and is therefore often lost.

On my way out of the restaurant, I stopped to make small talk with the man behind the cash counter. During this conversation, he gave me a brief introduction. Told me his name is Krishna, he runs his own business in the diamond market in New York, his wife passed away 16 years back, he has kids and he did not re-marry for their sake, and because he has no commitment towards a spouse, he passes his free time by helping his friend at the restaurant. My parting thoughts- What's this poor soul's goal in life?

Those with 'everything' are most unsatisfied. Aiming higher is their only goal. Their finish line horizon is very hazy.Those with  'nothing' live each day at a time. Their finish line and horizons are clearer perhaps?