My money past versus my current spending pattern
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The first time I had to challenge my money patterns was when I was in my 20’s. At the time I thought that spending was what was expected in life (it wasn’t until much later it dawned on me that it’s not). Back then I had countless sleepless nights because I was worried about money and paying my bills. I had debt and a terrible spending pattern. One night I decided that it had to stop. That I had to change my life and that money should never again be a reason for lack of sleep. And since that day I haven't had a sleepless night because of debt or money problems. The cure was a book by a danish author Anne-Mette Davidsen, where she asked a range of in-depth questions about my relationship with money and had me reflect on my money present, past and future. I had so many aha-moments while reflecting, and I made so many decisions to stop certain patterns and biases, that my relationship with money drastically changed from one day to the other. Some examples of ways my pattern changed