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Why working harder feels like falling behind

I got a 3% raise this year but everything costs 8% more and I feel like I'm moving backwards even though I'm working harder than ever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The illusion of progress is colliding with the reality of diminishing purchasing power, creating a crisis of effort versus outcome.

Ideas that help explain it
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