Hopefully, you are reading this because you have chosen the path of taking action rather than burying your head in the sand. While ‘aha’ moments can be both good and bad, long and short, stressful and reassuring – how you plan and react to them is what counts. In these instances, ‘aha’ moments are positive because we can proactively take action before the same thing happens to us. Maybe it’s an older relative who thinks he will never retire because he never put money into a 401(k) when he was younger. Perhaps it’s a coworker who just got stuck with a medical bill for which he has no emergency savings. Maybe it’s a friend who just lost her job and her house, and is struggling to stay afloat. (Cheers to you!)Īnd if we’re lucky enough, that ‘aha’ moment happens to be a friend, a coworker, or a family member’s folly, and we are smart enough to learn from their mistakes. Or even letting out a long sigh as you sit on the beach during vacation because you did such a great job of saving for the last 12 months. It could be attending a friend’s party and seeing how amazing homeownership can be. It could be something you saw on TV about the importance of creating college savings accounts for your kids or the importance of a will for your family. A lot of the time, that revelation can be a great thing. Or maybe it stems from the envy of seeing braggadocious social media pictures where your friends boast about how they have so much fun traveling and shopping. It could be arguing with a spouse while waving an overdue bill in the air. And taking action can be hard.įor some, the ‘aha’ moment is more of an “oh no!” moment that comes when they stare at their bank account balances or their credit card statements. Oftentimes, that moment is met with frustration and stress because it tells us that something needs to change in our lives. We’ve all had an ‘aha’ moment when it comes to money.
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