Karens like to make the distinction that they are living because they like travel, red wine, and "go a little hard" by ordering mimosas at Sunday brunch instead of NOT doing those things, i.e., simply existing

Life is living like an existing hourglass

Existing is that your body and mind make it up to the next day. Living is anything on top of that?

Existing is living and living is existing, though people may choose to use the word "living" to denote a more fulfilling/active/actualized life contrasted with "existing" as merely subsisting.

For me about an extra 50k of consulting fees a year, but more generally a sense of freedom or fulfillment or whatnot goes with living