It
might be surprising for you to realize there exists a strong relation between
finance management and emotional stability. If you want to save your money then
you need to make sure that you can endure hard turns and large bumps.
Barton
Goldsmith, emotional fitness expert says that sometimes the financial
conditions of people are not that bad as they make them to be. Due to it, they
are unable to live happily and he asks, are you capable of paying your expenses
and supporting your family? If yes, there is no problem with you. Even if you
are facing a hard time and have to work hard in order to meet the ends, you
have to admit that it is a blessing. There are people in the world who don’t
have a place to live and a family to feed. Moreover, they don’t even have the
source of earning money. If people just start thinking about the conditions of
poor people rather than their own then they would be able to live in happiness.
Most
of the time, as we are thinking about our financial condition and how we have
to face difficulties in covering expenses, we feel anger, depression, and even
anxiety. And sometimes, we start to put the blame on others. Do you know its
result? Do we feel happy?
No,
not at all.
Instead
of feeling happy, we feel exhausted and we feel depressed. There are a few
things which take a significant toll on our finance including divorce and
medical bills among others. However, if you are emotionally stable, you can
take the precautions like having some types of savings, medical insurance, and
even a line of credit which can help you in your tough time.
But
if you are unable to keep your emotions in check, you might make the circumstances
worse and even harm yourself. One of the key reasons why we cannot control our
emotions is that we don’t the benefits of controlling them. Usually, we don’t
know that we have the power and capability of doing almost anything. The power
of a human mind is still not completely understood and scientists are
researching to understand it.
William
T. Vollmann, an American novelist, visited different countries and different
areas just to understand the concept of poverty. He met people with varying
backgrounds and religions and interviewed them about poverty and whether they
believed themselves to be poor. Their answers were surprising and even Vollmann
could not answer the questions which arose due to his interviews. For instance,
some people said that they were poor and they wanted nothing more than money.
Meanwhile,
there were some people who considered themselves to be rich, although their
conditions suggested something else.
What
I am trying to say is that those people believed themselves to be rich regardless
of their circumstance and it contributed greatly to their happiness. In fact,
those people smiled more often than the ones who believed themselves to be
poor.
If
you stop thinking that you are living in poverty or that you are financially
unstable, you can be more sensible in making decisions. If you want to save
money efficiently, you have to ensure that you are not making any rash
decisions. It requires you to have proper control over your emotions.
Sometimes, when we are guided by our emotions, we make decisions which we come
to regret later on.
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TMI
or Too Much Information occurs when you think that releasing all the pent-up
emotions and feelings of anxiety will make you feel better and lighter. There
are some certain events and times when we believe that we cannot hold on for
much longer. In such moments, even a single improper decision can be fatal. For
instance, if I am feeling depressed because my financial condition hasn’t been
improving for a while now and I begin to consume alcohol, it will do the
opposite of what I want. From my perspective, I am drinking alcohol to relieve
my stress and anxiety but in reality, I am just backing away from my
difficulties. And the consumption of anti-stress and depressants never is
great.
Most
of the youngsters turn to consume alcohol when they are unable to find a
solution to their problems and they harm themselves by doing it. Alcohol,
drugs, and cigarettes don’t help you but slowly eat you. You should always
remember, consuming them will only harm you and nothing else. In fact, if you
want to make sane and sensible decisions about your money, never turn to
alcohol or any other intoxicant.
If
you want to achieve emotional stability and make rational decisions about your
money, you need to perceive from a practical standpoint. You should be going
over your doubts, looking closely at your assets, and determining what is the
best thing that you should be doing at the moment. Maybe you just need to
utilize this time for getting your books in a proper order or use it to find
the job that suits you.
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If
you really think that your financial condition is deteriorating, you should
take a positive action. For starters, if you have education in a specific field
then you should do a job. If you have money and you need to manage it, you can
learn how to manage it better than before. Just any type of action, you can take
any kind of action as long as it can positively help you.
For
all concerned women, investing your time in the right cause is better than
doing nothing. There is no need for you to go in the wrong direction because
there is only one solution for you and that is to move ahead.
Common Emotions and Money
Suze Orman, a
financial expert, says that anger, shame, and fear are some of the most common
emotions which are associated with money. We think that money is concerned only
with bank balance and that is true but it is strongly related to emotions as
well. And if you believe that you are an exception, you should be thinking
again.
Just how do you
feel when you determine that you have finished all of your money and you only
have a single penny left? What do you feel? Is it anger, depression, panic, and
fear?
Another strong
emotion is related to money is hate. Sometimes we are feeling so strong towards
our money that we start to hate it and think that it is the root of our issues.
Hate is undoubtedly a strong emotion which is capable of ruining us. It would not
be wrong to say that due to money, a lot of people have attempted suicide.