Hidden Costs of Spending

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The Hidden Costs of Lifestyle Inflation: What Nobody Tells You About Spending in the Digital Age

I remember the exact night it hit me. I was lying in bed scrolling through Instagram at 1:14 a.m., heart racing a little as I double-tapped on a friend’s photo from a luxury resort in Bali. The caption read “Living my best life.” My thumb hovered over the “Shop Now” button on a ridiculously expensive watch I didn’t need. I…