what happens when wealth becomes normal around you

After spending 2.5 years around people whose financial normal was completely different from mine, I realised how much I had been sacrificing just to make the distance between our lives appear smaller. Clothes bought through instalments, restaurants I couldn’t comfortably afford, and even a hole in my jacket became connected to whether I felt worthy of belonging. This video is about how that relationship with wealth changed—and why a visible repair that once felt like evidence of failure now feels like a story I’m comfortable telling. A personal essay about wealth, social comparison, self-respect, ambition, and learning to build a life without performing it in advance. New videos about identity, social psychology, ambition, and growing up. #wealth #selfrespect #personalgrowth