Is Financial Worrying Bad?

I often wonder if all this worrying about money while I'm young is depriving me or if all this worry and work will pay off in the end. In this article (Does Money Make You Mean?) the author reports about some studies and how having money on the mind affected a person's behavior. Are all of us here that are reading this obsessing over money and missing out on what life is really about? Or are we just delaying gratification?