# Why Everyone SEEMS to Have More Money Than Me?

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Published: 2026-06-30T14:57:01+00:00
Episode link: https://asiandadenergy.substack.com/p/why-everyone-seems-to-have-more-money
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Every once in a while, I experience a feeling that I’m not particularly proud of. It’s the feeling that everybody else is rich. They all seem to have more money than I do. Bigger houses. Newer cars. Better vacations. Better lives. And somehow, despite everything I’ve accomplished, I feel like I’m falling behind. These days it doesn’t happen very often, but every now and then it sneaks up on me. Maybe I’m watching YouTube and someone is giving a tour of their enormous house. Maybe I’m watching Netflix, where every “ordinary” family somehow lives in a multimillion dollar home. Or maybe I’m driving my used Honda CR-V when another successful-looking middle-aged Asian guy cruises by in a brand new Tesla. For a brief moment, my brain whispers: “What happened? Did everyone else figure something out that I didn’t?” Then almost immediately I feel embarrassed for thinking that way. Because I know something that my emotions conveniently forget. Most people are not rich. The Data Doesn’t Match the Feeling If you look at the numbers, only a tiny percentage of American households qualify as liquid millionaires, meaning they have at least one million dollars in investable assets. Even among that group, a million dollars isn’t exactly “private jet” money. Where I live, in a high cost of living area, a million dollars doesn’t even buy many single-family homes. Objectively speaking, the overwhelming majority of Americans are not wealthy. So why does it constantly feel like they are? I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about this question, and I think I’ve come up with a few reasons. We Are Wired to Follow the Herd Human beings are social animals. Like apes, elephants, dolphins, and countless other social species, we instinctively look to the group for cues about what success looks l…

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