When Old Money Habits Come Back | Ep. 233
Getting out of debt, changing a spending pattern, or building a healthier relationship with money can take a lot of work. So when an old habit returns, it can be tempting to look at that moment and decide the progress didn't stick.
But what if the relapse itself has something to teach us?
Nino and Maria continue their conversation about the stages of change by looking more closely at what happens when we return to an old financial behavior. They explore why the relapse probably began long before the balance became obvious, how thoughts such as “I can never get ahead” or “I can out-earn this later” can quietly influence the choices that follow, and why understanding what happened underneath the behavior may be more useful than simply creating another rule.
Changing a habit doesn't always happen in a straight line. Sometimes going backward gives us information we didn't have the first time through—and that information can help us build a stronger way forward.
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