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Episode 3615:
Liz shares how fear and confusion around money once drove her to extreme penny-pinching and financial anxiety. By educating herself and treating money as a practical skill rather than an emotional burden, she discovered confidence, intentional frugality, and a healthier relationship with her finances.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.frugalwoods.com/2015/06/02/i-used-to-be-afraid-of-money-but-things-have-changed/
Quotes to ponder:
"When we peel away the emotional elements that we often couch our money in, it’s just boring old numbers."
"When money stops serving as an analogue for self-worth, or an antidote to our pain, it starts to actually work for us."
"Think about it–if we approach money as a math problem on a spreadsheet (and one that we could ask other people advice about), how much cleaner and simpler would our lives be?"
Episode references:
ACT: https://www.act.org/
GRE: https://www.ets.org/gre.html
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