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Why high income doesn't guarantee financial security

I work in tech and make more money than both my parents combined, but I live paycheck to paycheck in San Francisco and feel like a failure.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographic cost of living can make objectively high earners feel economically precarious and unsuccessful.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and money — what wealth does to selfhood?”

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