Money and emotions

[madringal]

I liken it to being on a diet. It is easier to follow a plan to get to a goal, than to trust yourself to stick to that plan forever after you have hit the goal.

So just like you can lose the weight, look/feel good, but still feel like the unhealthy version of you, you used to be - Old habits die hard. And it can take years to change the mental aspect that years and years of bad choices have created.

[quesyrah]

Dec 19, 2022 16:04:49 GMT -5 madringal said:

I liken it to being on a diet. It is easier to follow a plan to get to a goal, than to trust yourself to stick to that plan forever after you have hit the goal.

So just like you can lose the weight, look/feel good, but still feel like the unhealthy version of you, you used to be - Old habits die hard. And it can take years to change the mental aspect that years and years of bad choices have created.

You know, maybe that’s part of it. The worry that we won’t be able to maintain it or will make poor choices.

I like that perspective, thank you.