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When higher income feels like going backwards

I make six figures now but live worse than when I made $40k five years ago and I feel crazy trying to explain this to people.

Zera
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The disconnect between nominal success and actual living standards is creating cognitive dissonance about personal progress.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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