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Why Can’t We Stop Spending? The 2 Things We Need to Understand
Building a life we love when we’re always working & broke
When Will We Finally Be Happy?
I was raised in the kind of childhood that suggested to me that if I made enough money as an adult to pay all of my bills without government assistance, I’d be happy.
My guess put that at making somewhere around $30,000 a year.
Then I graduated college and was making almost exactly that…and I felt like I was just scraping by.
A year later, I successfully switched my career path. I had been working my butt off before and after work to make it happen, and I ended up tripling (3x) my income that year. (You can read more about why and how I did that if you’re interested.)
I felt massive relief at first. I didn’t have to worry anymore about checking grocery store prices or driving out of my way to get cheaper gas. I could afford my inhaler and had insurance. What a luxury in this country.
Then I started to want, and buy. It was a perpetual cycle and it started slowly. I found myself wanting to redecorate some new space in my apartment that I had more space, or be just a little bit more stylish at work.
