Your Bank Account Isn’t a Personality Trait (But Let’s Fix It Anyway)
Let’s be honest. If our bank accounts could talk, mine would probably be saying: “Girl… seriously?” But here’s the thing: Your bank balance doesn’t reflect your value as a human. It doesn’t mean you’re bad with money. It doesn’t mean you’re doomed to eat toast forever (although toast is a valid meal 3x a day in hard times). It just means life happened. You’ve probably had a few emergencies, a few impulse buys, and maybe a phase where budgeting meant saying, “We have rice. We’re fine.” Why We Think We Are Our Bank Account Somewhere along the line, society decided that a person with £2.76 in their current account is less worthy than someone with a Range Rover and a matching dog. And if you grew up around financial instability or a narcissistic parent constantly criticising your choices (hi, trauma!), you probably learned to tie your self-worth to stuff. Cue: endless hustle, spending to self-soothe, and hating yourself for not having a pension by 25. Let’s burn that ...
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