by Derek Hagen 4 days ago How to "Prevent" Setbacks Is a setback a setback if it doesn't impact you? Reframe setbacks as interesting challenges will help you live with fewer negative emotions.
by Derek Hagen Sep 17 Understanding Setbacks Thinking about a life free from struggles and setbacks is easy and tempting, but it should not be what we are after.
by Derek Hagen Aug 27 Living a Good (Financial) Life Living the good financial life means more than just saving for the future. It means living life on purpose, in-line with your values.
by Derek Hagen Aug 20 Why You Should Stop Judging Judging people is easy. Giving unsolicited advice is easy. Easy isn't always good, though.
by Derek Hagen Jul 16 How to Prioritize Your Spending for Maximum Happiness Utility and opportunity cost are two economics terms that concepts that will help you use your resources in a way that brings you happiness.
by Derek Hagen Jul 9 Enjoy Your Experiences: It May Be the Last Time With everything you do, you will do it for the last time. This knowledge helps put time in perspective.
by Derek Hagen Jun 25 Do the Math: Your Time is Limited We only get a certain number of experiences with our time on Earth. Make sure you spend your time wisely.
by Derek Hagen Jun 18 Why You Should Avoid Lifestyle Creep Lifestyle creep is when the cost of your lifestyle creeps up, often without conscious awareness. Bringing awareness to your spending helps.
by Derek Hagen May 28 Why You Should Design Your Life What kind of life do you want? If you're like most, you don't know. You live life reacting. Living intentionally will bring you more joy.
by Derek Hagen May 21 Wasting Financial Windfalls We don't do a good job of managing big influxes of money. Some take this as a way to live more in the moment, but that's a mistake.
by Derek Hagen May 14 What is Money Health? Physical health is synonymous with health and wellness. Mental health is getting easier to talk about. But nobody talks about Money Health.
by Derek Hagen May 7 Choose Your Response Carefully Reacting too quickly leads to emotional responses we end up regretting. Putting some space between the stimulus and our response can help.
by Derek Hagen Apr 23 Money and Happiness While it's true that making more money won't make you happier after a certain point, how you use the money you have can make you happier.
by Derek Hagen Apr 2 Be Grateful for Regret Many view gratitude and regret as opposites. This need not be the case. You can feel gratitude for your regret.
by Derek Hagen Mar 12 Money Has a Funny Effect on People It's very easy for us to believe that we're alone in our struggle with money. The truth is that we're all a little weird with money.
by Derek Hagen Feb 20 Feelings and Money: It's OK to Talk About It Money comes with a lot of feelings & emotions, yet most of us don't get practice expressing these feelings. This can lead to bad outcomes.
by Derek Hagen Feb 13 You Can't (and Shouldn't) Please Everyone You can't please everyone, and you shouldn't even try. We're wired to think in black and white, but the world is full of grey.
by Derek Hagen Feb 6 Buying Money...With Happiness Many people think money buys happiness, but it's often the other way around. Happiness makes it easier for luck to find you.
by Derek Hagen Jan 23 Is Your Ladder Leaning on the Right Wall? What's the point of climbing a ladder if it's not leaning up against the right wall?
by Derek Hagen Jan 16 A Plan Won't Help You...Planning Will A plan is a good thing to create, but without the ongoing process of planning, it's not worth much
