RE: Financial intelligence - It's not stupid
Dear @galenkp
I just bumped into your recent publication. Great read.
Financial education isn't something very common and it amaze me that people around me seem to hardly know anything about money, creation of money, budgeting etc.
With advancement of assets build on blockchain, that knowledge will become even more complicated.
Financial stress can be crippling. I read an article that suggested some 35% of people who experience financial stress have turned to drugs or alcohol to manage their negative position around money and financial matters
Wise words. It is indeed crippling people and often destroying marriages and families.
I'm happy to say that my wife and I don't suffer this problem and have open conversations around money all the time
Welcome on the same boat :) Does your wife call you a jew or chinese man? I've been called this way so many times, simply because I like to talk about finances :)
thx for sharing those tips. Seriously great read. Upvote on the way!
ps. dont you think that budgeting and controling our spending will become so much harder once cashless society will become reality? Just curious.
I added you on discord. Do you use telegram? (my fav tool)?
Yours,
Piotr
Hi mate, thanks for your comments.
I don't recall my wife calling me a Jew or Chinese. I ate Chinese food once, would that count? I'm pretty sure she would never call me either though, because I am neither. She called me a sexy man the other day though - I think she's biased my way although it still felt good knowing she thinks so.
I feel budgeting and spending-control is difficult for many even now, due to the advent of credit card and contactless EFT payments. The PayLater and Afterpay concepts are also making it more difficult however the onus has to rest on the consumers shoulders. Sure, the banks make spending easy, however no back has ever twisted a person's arm and forced them to spend.
I also believe that people's insistence to attach their feeling of self-worth, value or social-stature upon material things adds to the issue. This is a situation unlikely to reverse in the future, only get more prevalent in this materialistic and egotistical world, so yes, I think budgeting, saving, controlling expenditure and future-planning will become harder for more people.
Again, thanks for your comment and, yes, I see your Discord thing. I don't use Discord much and I actually don't know what Telegram is to be completely honest.
I just realized that I never actually thanked you for this amazing comment @galenkp