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
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
a thread on becoming "money positive", or: going from art school dropout to software middle management and dabbling the stock market 🧵
growing up, I had an inexplicable, implicit distrust of money. I legitimately believed in the saying "money is the root of all evil"
ꙮ sadalsvvd.space ꙮx.comThe 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
Budget culture keeps you striving to improve your own finances so you can improve everything money pays for in your life — you have to become rich to thrive in a world made for people who are rich. Fighting budget culture means remaking the world in a way that lets everyone experience the ease of being “rich,” regardless of the numbers in their... 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