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Sarah Mitchell @ Silicon Canals · 12/19/2025 23:00 EDT

7 things lower middle class people think will make them happy but don’t

The dreams we inherited from our parents' kitchen table calculations—more money, a house, the right credentials—promise happiness but deliver an exhausting chase where the finish line keeps moving just out of reach.

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