What is the Pain of Paying?

Merle van den Akker
DataDrivenInvestor
Published in
5 min readOct 1, 2019

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And how can you use it to your own advantage?

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I have separation anxiety. Every single time money leaves my hand I feel like I need to sit down and re-think my life choices. I feel pain, a sense of loss and ultimately I grieve for my lost money.

Maybe I am a slightly dramatic person, maybe you feel the same way. Regardless of that, there is truth to the scenario I have described. Paying…

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