I'm a lazy GW2 wealth accumulator. What do I mean by that?

1. I hate losing gold. I'll sit on investments for years if selling means I'll lose money. (Some day Winters day rifle, some day) Could I be using that money to invest elsewhere and make more gold? Probably.

2. This is a game. I already have a job. Therefore, anything that requires hours at the TP, spreadsheets, or intense market watching is out.

3. I like buying things that I want to own. Stacks of cheap ectos and gems pre AB multi loot nerf? Yes! Cool looking dyes that have temporarily returned to the gem store (I'm looking at you Winter Chimes dye kit). Sign me up. The only trouble here is you eventually have to decide whether to sell or keep and that can get dicey for a known hoarder like myself.

What has that gotten me? I recently checked my account value ranking on GW2 efficiency, and I'm a little better than average for my play time. Overall, I'm in the top 10% of players.

Now, depending on your life outlook, you might think: "Ehh. Not impressed. I can stop reading right here."

That's fine. At first I was kinda disappointed myself. But then I thought about it again and realized a little better than average is not a bad place to be. 

Here's the list of things in game that make me smile:

1. My legendaries (Bolt, Bifrost, Sunrise, Howler) and legendary armor

2. Permanent black lion merchant contract

3. Shared inventory slots

4. Almost complete home instance (The price of those new nodes is ridiculous! Come to think of it the price of some of the old ones are ridiculous since the BL chest changes.)

5. Lion's Arch portal scroll (I use it all the time. My husband still doesn't understand why I like it so much: "You know you can just waypoint, right?")

6. Fused weapon skins sitting in my bank. I saved up tickets for years (literally years) waiting for them to come back.

Most important: I'm happy. 

I spend my time in game doing what makes me happy, and I have the resources to do that. I don't stress if I don't spend all of my time in the most "gold efficient" content. What more do you want from a game?

No matter how trite, I guess Sheryl Crow was right (YouTube if you don't know who that is-sheesh): "It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got."

If anyone has some actually useful tips (unlike this blog entry) on how to make gold in game, I'd love to hear them in the comments!