relationship with money
on the ways in which we relate to money, and how it affects our relationship to ourselves and others
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relationship with money
Budget culture makes money all about you — your actions, responsibilities and mindset. But individual actions can’t overcome persistent pay gaps, generational trauma, systemic oppression and algorithmic bias. No money management method can square rising housing costs with stagnant wages. No amount of self control can make up for the costs of... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • Budget Culture and the Dave Ramseyfication of Money
I just realised I have a hang up around charging people for services and products I could offer that help people
as in, I’m allowed to charge enough to support my life, but more is somehow distasteful
this might explain why I am feeling scarcity around money
Michael Ashcroftx.comcomments are good
With it comes something that often goes overlooked: Do not aim to be coldly rational when making financial decisions. Aim to just be pretty reasonable. Reasonable is more realistic and you have a better chance of sticking with it for the long run, which is what matters most when managing money.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
The simplest problem with this approach is that budgeting, like dieting, doesn’t work. Restriction and deprivation are unsustainable; accurately tracking spending is hard; income fluctuates, and costs don’t operate on a perfect monthly reset. Budgets don’t account for the way lives work, so they’re hard to keep in our lives consistently.
Anne Helen Petersen • Budget Culture and the Dave Ramseyfication of Money
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Whatever stories you have about money, are what money becomes for you, for as long as you are attached to those stories.
Millionaires and the surprising truth about their money worries
Moneywork w/ Peter Koenig
youtube.comThe broader problem with budget culture is its emphasis on individual responsibility and insistence on ignoring the varying levels of access and privilege in our world. It vilifies and oppresses anyone who doesn’t live up to the ideal, regardless of their circumstances. And that ideal is, unsurprisingly, rooted in maleness and whiteness in the way... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • Budget Culture and the Dave Ramseyfication of Money
