How Your Emotional Triggers Are Affecting Your Spending Habits In the Worst Possible Way
Doing the deep work can also help fix your dire financial straits.
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Life was incredibly bleak in that dilapidated house on an empty Tennessee road. My mother’s penchant for hoarding animals meant there was always a mess, and that only got worse when the septic filled up and the roof came caving in. Rainwater flooded into the house whenever there was a storm. Sewage flooded the carpets whenever we flushed or took a shower.
My childhood home was like a black hole, sucking in all the darkness and filth that surrounded us — and my mother only made it worse.
Her hoarding didn’t stop with animals.
Kathleen Johnson had a spending problem that accelerated as the years went on, and she realized her husband was never coming back. It started small at first, but it grew and grew.
Without my father keeping an eye on the bill, she was free to take out credit cards and spend her weekends exploring yard sales. Once my mother fully understood that there were “no consequences” for her…
