What’s your relationship with money, have you ever thought about it?  How do you deal with small change, everyday purchases do you check the receipts and keep them?
How about larger sums of money, thousands, how do you deal with that?  Do you get emotional, fearful, excited or greedy?  I’ve recently been involved in the sale of some property for several thousand.  During this deal I found out a lot about my relationship with this quantity of money.
My emotions ranged from excitement from the initial deal, to fear it may fall through, to guilt over closing on a price more suited to me.  I know these emotions are crazy when looking at the logistics of the deal but I found it very enlightening to witness.
My personal conclusion on relationships with money is to stay emotionally detached.  Not to deny what I’m feeling when dealing with all quantities of money but to know that it has no place in the decision making and management of it.
Are you emotionally attached to money, how do you deal with it?

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