Your relationship with money was most likely formed before you even had bills to pay.
“We are living out a script around money right now that quite often somebody wrote for us generations ago,” said Brad Klontz, a financial psychologist.
“Money scripts” are unconscious beliefs that determine how you think about money, according to Klontz. These patterns of thinking can often drive your financial behaviors as an adult.
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