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When financial responsibilities make play feel selfish

I feel guilty spending money on anything purely for enjoyment when I have student loans and a mortgage and think I should be more responsible.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Economic anxiety has transformed all non-essential pleasure into moral transgression against future security.

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