i want to start a ‘financial wellness’ project!

before 18, i was very good at being careful and not wasteful with resources. this was in part due to my parents not making or having much money. then things went downhill in my late teens, throughout college, and my younger adult years as i sought some emotional relief through spending. and now my financial situation has been feeling like a mess for about a decade.

this sucks. and, it’s tiring. i’m worried about money often, my assets are minimal, and i think that when i die, any savings i have will have to be used immediately to pay off all my debt. (thank goodness i prefer to be cremated at death to minimize funereal expenses!) and i’m not even much of a spender and/or a materialist! well, in theory anyway and these days at least.

this project will take the form of a blog.

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