The avoidance piece is the one that stays with me. The moment you named it — looking made you more aware, which made you less likely to avoid — that is the whole thread. Most people think awareness follows action. You showed it works the other way. Awareness is the action. Everything else is downstream of it.
I highly recommend Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap for anyone looking for another “finance” book! It’s very beginner friendly and encourages guilt-free wealth building. She also has a podcast that is a great to start with!
Financial literacy is incredibly powerful. I see a lot of people who feel caught in a cycle of thinking there's nothing that they can meaningfully do about their finances, but simply knowing how things work is the ticket to breaking out of it.
There's a misconception that knowing about finances means knowing which stocks to buy and how to time a market, but the reality is knowing how your existing cash flow is already working and identifying the parts of the ship that you can shore up
The avoidance piece is the one that stays with me. The moment you named it — looking made you more aware, which made you less likely to avoid — that is the whole thread. Most people think awareness follows action. You showed it works the other way. Awareness is the action. Everything else is downstream of it.
100%, it's what kicked off a lot of my financially healthy habits in my 20s!
Clear brilliant advice. Thank you. I really appreciate your honest approach.
i'm so glad this resonated with you!
I highly recommend Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap for anyone looking for another “finance” book! It’s very beginner friendly and encourages guilt-free wealth building. She also has a podcast that is a great to start with!
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This is well put. The interesting part is most of these are simple on paper, but staying consistent with them is where people usually struggle.
Financial literacy is incredibly powerful. I see a lot of people who feel caught in a cycle of thinking there's nothing that they can meaningfully do about their finances, but simply knowing how things work is the ticket to breaking out of it.
There's a misconception that knowing about finances means knowing which stocks to buy and how to time a market, but the reality is knowing how your existing cash flow is already working and identifying the parts of the ship that you can shore up