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When Extreme Saving Feels Like Self-Erasure

I watch YouTube videos about people retiring early through extreme saving but when I try to cut my spending that drastically I feel like I'm disappearing as a person.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pursuit of financial independence through radical restriction can collide with fundamental needs for self-expression and identity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Saving and the psychology of deferred gratification?”

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