Hum of the city

Lots of interesting discussion around this. It seems like the underlying question is, “can you handle work stress or money stress more easily?” (thread)https://twitter.com/marthakelly/status/1125536070852960256 …

There were times in my past when I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to buy food or pay rent. Times when I saw no way out of credit card debt. Etc. Money has always been incredibly difficult & stressful for me.

When money was tight, if you’d offered me a big raise with twice the extra job stress - I’d have taken it no questions asked. When can I start?? Because I handle job stress waaaaay better than I handle money stress. Not coincidentally, I’m better at my job than I am at money.

But stress seems to come out of the same well. It’s just that money stress draws two buckets where equivalent work stress will draw one. So if I can lower my money stress, it’s like I can take on 4x more stress at work, if that makes sense. That’s just how my brain works.