World 2 · Understanding money
Your relationship with money
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What money means to you — and where that meaning came from.
By the end of this world
You will see the feelings and stories that shape your money choices, and treat money as a tool rather than an identity.
What money means to you
- What money means to you — Money carries different meanings for different people. Knowing yours explains a lot of your choices. (6 min · Foundation)
- Money, security and freedom — For some money means safety; for others it means options. Both are real, and they pull in different directions. (6 min · Foundation)
- Money, status and identity — When money becomes a way of showing who you are, spending starts to answer questions it cannot answer. (7 min · Practical)
- Does more money make you happier? — What everyday experience and research suggest about money and wellbeing — and where the link weakens. (7 min · Practical)
Feelings about money
- Fear, control and money — Fear makes some people hoard and others avoid looking. Control can feel like safety and still cost you. (6 min · Practical)
- Guilt about spending — and about earning — Why spending on yourself can feel wrong, and why some people feel uneasy earning more than others around them. (6 min · Practical)
- Financial shame and financial anxiety — The two feelings that most often stop people from looking at their money — and gentle ways back in. (7 min · Practical)
- Scarcity and abundance mindsets — How a sense of "never enough" narrows choices — and why "think abundantly" has real limits. (7 min · Practical)
Where your money story comes from
- Your money story: childhood and family — The rules about money you absorbed growing up, and which of them you still want to keep. (7 min · Foundation)
- Comparison, social pressure and keeping up — Why other people’s spending feels like a measuring stick, and what comparison hides. (6 min · Foundation)