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Always get a bout of anxiety with larger purchases

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Always get a bout of anxiety with larger purchases As it says, my anxiety tends to spike when we make larger purchases. Last year, we dropped $10k+ on mini splits to add AC and help support the furnace and it gave me a few weeks of anxiety. This year, we are redoing our floors and counters and it’s another $13k. The mini split project was a bit of a surprise, so I can understand that a bit bette…

Reddit Personal Finance 788 2025-02-16

Severe anxiety surrounding wealth management/finances

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Severe anxiety surrounding wealth management/finances Hi there! Sorry if I didn’t post this in the best place. Would post this to the OCD subreddit but afraid it will be interpreted as reassurance seeking (I guess it is lol). I am new to doing anything with my finances and am working through pretty crippling OCD/Ptsd a lot of it having to do with past experiences with my immediate family doing disa…

Reddit Personal Finance 617 2024-12-30

How to solve my storage anxiety?

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How to solve my storage anxiety? As a desk setup enthusiast and semi-photographer, the more I shoot, the worse my storage anxiety gets. I’ve tried cloud drives, but they’re inconvenient, especially with large files. Upload speeds are slow, and expanding storage costs extra. Most importantly, I never fully trusted their data security. I’ve done some research, but I’m feeling a b…

Ask Photography 408 2024-12-28

Anxiety: Do I trim investing, or ‘pay myself back’ for a large purchase?

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Anxiety: Do I trim investing, or ‘pay myself back’ for a large purchase? I’m in a building phase with a new job after six months of unemployment. Retirement accounts are fully maxed. I never had to spend any of my six month emergency fund, but as I settle in I am throwing every spare cent I have to a taxable account to grow my EF to a full year. However…This is a self-made goal, with no deadline. I have some contac…

Reddit Personal Finance 1.0k 2024-12-23

32 & Having constant anxiety that I am way behind?

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32 & Having constant anxiety that I am way behind? Like the title says, I’m 32. Spent majority of my 20’s traveling, partying and living in apartments that were beyond my means. I know that it is solely my fault and stupid of me. I recently got into a sales role at my employer, so I am confident my income will rise. As of right now I have the following: Salary – $60,000 + 10% of gross profit on …

Reddit Personal Finance 405 2024-12-09

Leaded Gasoline May Have Caused Boom In Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD

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Leaded Gasoline May Have Caused Boom In Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD Lead was added to organic gasoline compounds to increase the fuel’s resistance to pre-ignition from the 1920s through its banning in 1996. Lead exposure reached its peak in the 1960s. Scientists always knew that heavy lead was a seriously bad thing for humans to be near, breathe in, or work around. In the 1970s the… Read more…

Jalopnik 658 2024-12-05

The Lightfoot electric scooter is wrapped in solar panels to address range anxiety

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The Lightfoot electric scooter is wrapped in solar panels to address range anxiety The Lightfoot scooter’s 120W solar panels can extend its range by up to 20 miles in the Summer, its creators claim. | Image: OtherlabOtherlab has announced a new electric scooter called the Lightfoot that can extend its range not by fast charging or quick battery swaps, but by soaking up the sun. The scooter is shrouded in two large solar panels…

The Verge 469 2024-11-14

LPT if you get a puppy, expose them triggering sounds as early as possible to avoid anxiety

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LPT if you get a puppy, expose them triggering sounds as early as possible to avoid anxiety We got a puppy during COVID. To avoid him becoming an anxious dog, we played triggering noises over our speakers while he was in a safe, calm setting (sirens, fireworks, etc.). Last week he calmly watched fireworks with us that were happening virtually right outside the balcony. Very grateful that we did this since we live in a city where firewo…

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Financial anxiety is controlling my life

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Financial anxiety is controlling my life Not sure if this belongs in this sub, but I really need to move out of my parents house. i’m so tired of living with them but i’m afraid of spending all that money on rent and food. I’ve always hated working since I was a kid so I adopted the mindset of “just save every dollar I make and I can retire sooner” but it became extreme and I struggle …

Reddit Personal Finance 1.3k 2024-10-28

Retirement Anxiety at 37. How does home equity factor in?

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Retirement Anxiety at 37. How does home equity factor in? I’m 37 and know I am so behind on saving for my retirement. My company doesn’t offer a 401k but I have been maxing out my Roth IRA for a few years and now have 50k saved there. I make 70k per year and am nauseous when I read that I should have 3 times my current income by 40 years old. I’m so far off. I would have loved to have started saving so…

Reddit Personal Finance 927 2024-07-12

LPT public speaking anxiety

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LPT public speaking anxiety If you have the option, volunteer to go first when having to speak publicly. Chances are, hardly anyone is paying attention because they are too busy thinking about how nervous they are for their turn to present. submitted by /u/moonlightx2007

Life Pro Tips 1.0k 2024-07-10