S3 E4: “The More Money I Save, the More I’m Scared To Lose It. Can I Break the Cycle of Financial Anxiety?”
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English - October 28, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 100 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Business Careers bitches get riches advice personal finance money careers jobs side hustles investing adulting life skills Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today's Question:
How do I stop feeling scared about money all the time? I'm objectively in a great financial situation. Despite that, every time I hit a new financial milestone, the goalpost just moves. It went from "I'll feel less worried about money with a 3-month emergency fund" to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months to 12 months assuming my expenses were higher than they currently are. I feel like a dragon compulsively trying to build a pile of gold that will never be enough. I never feel comfortable. I never feel secure. I'm hyper aware that one medical emergency could drain that emergency fund and put me right back where I started.
I know this is a privileged problem to have when so many people are in such bad financial situations, but it's a problem nonetheless. Since I've gotten my finances under control, I feel like I should be able to relax a little bit and leave things on autopilot and just... enjoy being alive and able to pay my rent? But instead I constantly feel anxious about money and I don't know how to break out of the cycle. Do you have any advice?
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