I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on Instagram lately with personal finance content creators listing their top money mistakes. They range from the more simple, like buying an expensive piece of clothing they never wore or not investing sooner, to more substantial like buying individual stocks they wish they hadn’t, panic selling their shares, or taking on a loan to start a business or side hustle that didn’t work out. All these different posts/examples/graphics have got me thinking about the words we choose to use in these situations, particularly the words mistake and regret. How we use them, what they mean to us, and how they serve us in the world.
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