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For Emotional Wellness - Don't Treat all Financial Decisions the Same!

Darryl Rosen • Aug 24, 2022

Wellness Wednesday - Tip of the week

Try as we may to make all decisions super important, many of them are not.

Hello, today is Wednesday - the day of the week where the subjects are mental and physical wellness!

I call it wellness Wednesday!

Today, let’s chat about the decisions we make - or try to make. They are not all that important.

Case in point. Today, my buddy and I had a conversation about our sons and their 401Ks.

I mentioned that my oldest son wasn’t maxing out his 401K this year.Well, Neil became quite animated. (Not his real name)

“MAX it out,” he said and went so far to suggest that not doing so was making a mistake of epic proportions.

Neil (his real name) was angrier about this than the fact his pancakes had jelly on them.  

I tried to explain. He’s moving soon. They’re furniture shopping and maybe there’s even an engagement ring in the near future.

No way my son is reading this but if you are…do it, son. I’m not getting any younger.

Anyway, if my first born wants a little more liquidity right now…there is nothing wrong with that.

That’s the thing about decisions. Most decisions just aren’t that important and 90% of what we worry about never comes to fruition. With my favorite wife, Jill, that percentage is closer to 95% but we can unpack that another day!

Here are some words to the wise. I say this all the time.

We are not spreadsheets. We are not algorithms. We are people.

Often there is no right answer and obsessing over the ideal choice will not help you make a better decision.

But, it will only slowly suck the life out of you.

Some of the time, it’s ok to do what makes you comfortable.

Thanks for stopping by!










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