Twen i was just 7 years old, I sat Beside my dad while he sorted through the statements, recipes, and invoices. He Explained Things to me as he workhed, sucan as what an expense was, how a balanced budgeteded, and what an invoice meant.
Money wasn’t a Secret subject at Our House; we hadd to address it. My parents were Accountants, so out Dinner Tableten Doubled As an auxiliary Desk.
When I was 8, i wan to sell candy in the NeighBorhod. My Parents Helped with First Build A Mini Business Plan. Theyn tought me where i should the coat of earned, Introducing concepts like savings, cost of goods, and what it meant to reinvest earnings.
From that point on, Financial Conversations Became Part of Our Family Rhythm. At Dinner or Over Breakfast, We’d Talk About Savings Accounts and How to Plan for More Significant Purchas.
Still, I made me Mistakes with my Money when i grew up.
I followed my love for finance as a professional
Those Early lessons stack with me. I WANTED TO EXPLORE The Financial World More, so Majored in Finance and Started Working in the Field as Quickly As I COULD.
AFTER I STARTED WORKING FULL TIME AS A FINANCE MANAGER, I WANTED TO ENJOY THE FREEDOM THAT CAME WITH EARNING MORE MONEY. I Went to Happy Hours with Coworkers, Joined Group Dinners, and Said “Yes” to Weekend Getways. It all felt normal, like the Kind of Life a Young Professional Should Be Living.
At first, the spending didn’t seem like a big deal. It was never a huge, one-time purchase-just dinners, flutes there, gifts, experiencies.
I was still budgeting, but i was quickly spending more than i earned. I Told MySelf I COULD MANAGE IT.
But i wasn’t managing it. I was leaning on my credit card more and more, convincing myself that this was just temporary. Eventually, i’d catch up unil i didn’t.
Credit Card Debt Knocked on My Door
I felt ashamed – not just puuse of was in debt, but because of the hat has known better. I was taught early on the power of the saving. I had the privilege of financial literacy that Most people miss out on.
Financial Literacy wasn’t enough to prevent and predict my Poor Money Behaviors; It had to do with something other than just luteracy.
No One Had Ever Told me what to would be the desire to belong overpowers your financial logic. No One Told with How Easy It is to Swipe A Card You’re Trying to Build What COULD BE YOUR PROFESSIONAL Identity. I knew the tools and the concepts, but i hadnn’t learned how to handle the emotional pressure that can come with social expectations.
SO I Started Looking Inward. Slowly, I began to change my relation with Money and Became Aware of Money’s Emotional and Psychological Aspects. I stopped Saying “Yes” to EVERYING AND STARTED TO BECOME INTERESTED IN WHY I WOULD SAY “YES” and the emotional roots of my Behavior.
TODAY, I THINK ABOUT MONEY DIFFERENTLY. Financial Literacy Gave with The Foundation, But Learning to Navigate the Emotional Side of Money Truly Changed My Life.
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