The what the hell ect occurs often when we've set very concrete goals for ourselves and we don't meet those goals. Abbe: Once you're breaking the budget, you might as well really break it instead of just simply marginally breaking it exactly. In its most extreme form, people entrusted with spending the public's money thiss legislators, can become inured to the huge numbers they are dealing with every day.
Have you had a recent surprise expense? You're not alone. More than half of American households report facing an unplanned financial shock in the last year. This week, in the second part of our new "Money 2.0" series, psychologist Abigail Sussman points out our blindspots around money, and how we can be smarter about spending and saving.
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