The ObservatoryMoney and worry
An exercise about handling the feeling money stirs up, not about what to do with it.
How it works
- First, the important partChooseWrite
- Pull it apartWrite
- A small step for the concrete partWriteChoose
- A home for the worryWrite
- Pulling it togetherWrite
This is not financial advice. We will not touch on what you should save, borrow or invest. We will look at something else: the worry that money brings up, and how you carry it. The two are connected but not the same, and …
Exercise in 5 steps, about 11 minutes. Doing it is part of Premium, which you try free for 7 days with no card. With Premium your answers are saved so you can pick up where you left off and look back at what you wrote.
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Why does it work?
Based on epidemiological research on the strong, two-way link between financial stress and mental ill-health (sleep, low mood, anxiety), and on behavioral principles: avoidance keeps worry going, while limited exposure and stimulus control (a set time and place) reduce it. The exercise is psychological support, not financial advice.
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Just before
A few minutes of calm and self-compassion to gather yourself right before something difficult, a presentation, an exam, a conversation
Story5 minSanna and the bank statement
How financial worry eased when the chaos got a structure, not more money.
Exercise10 minThink the thought through
Worry always bails out at the worst part and leaves you there. This time you follow the thought all the way, until it loses its force.