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Why upward mobility can make you feel like you're performing someone else's life

I grew up poor and now that I can afford nice things I keep buying expensive furniture and art, but it all feels performative like I'm trying to prove I belong in this life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your relationship to material possessions is contaminated by the need to prove your worthiness for a class position that still feels precarious.

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