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Any regular reader of personal finance advice has heard about a million times that one of the keys to reducing and avoiding debt and living within one’s means it to end the pattern of trying to keep up with neighbors. Do not buy fancy cars, engage with mortgages for big houses, or take on new credit card purchases in order to make your outward appearance more positive in the eyes of others. This is sound advice and I will likely be writing about it in the future. What this post is about, however, is the bigger lesson here: happiness is relative.
