What would you do with an extra $1500 every month? Your answer will give you insight into how to be happier with the money you have right now and how to stop should-ing all over your budget.

Money represents more than buying power. Money is emotional. Knowing what money really means to you will uncover how you’re sabotaging your own financial goals and tell you what strategies to use to stay on track.

How often do you stress yourself out over something, feeling anxious about what could happen or how other people will react, and then when you finally do the thing it turns out to be no big deal? What if you could stop feeling that way?

It’s not the things you think about and consciously decide to do that are eating up your time, sucking your energy, and causing stress. It’s the things you do without thinking.

If you choose to do something for someone else without being asked to do it, you made the choice to do it, so you don’t get to demand the response that you want from the other person. But you can feel more appreciated without demanding appreciation from others.