I Grew Up Watching Money Be Used as Control. Now I'm Building My Own Freedom.
This week's Money Diary is for anyone who's ever felt like their relationship with money was shaped long before they earned their first paycheck.
Growing up, money was always part of the conversation in her house. But not in a good way.
She watched her mum give up career opportunities, financial independence and choices, while money was treated as something that belonged to someone else. And without realising it, she carried those lessons into adulthood. Spending became freedom. Saving felt impossible. And for years, she bounced between worrying about money and avoiding it altogether.
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