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 Sep 3 Overcoming Feelings of Deprivation Deprivation happens when we fail to meet our needs, including living in alignment with our values.
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 Aug 13 Why It's Important to Have Clarity and Confidence Without knowing the "why" behind our financial decisions, we become more susceptible to advertisers.
by Derek Hagen Aug 6 How to Evaluate Your Purchases People tend to fall into two camps. One buys the cheapest version they can find. One buys the popular name-brand no matter the cost.
by Derek Hagen Jul 30 Why It's Good to Automate When we set up our financial decisions to run in the background, we don't have to use, nor rely, on our limited willpower.
by Derek Hagen Jul 23 Why You Should Be Careful with Debt Debt is easy to get and gives us access to cash we wouldn't normally have. But that comes with a huge cost.
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 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 30 Cheap...or Mindful? Spending money opens us up to being judged. Increasing our confidence and being intentional about spending will 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 9 Distorted Beliefs Can Negatively Influence Us Often, our core beliefs are distorted and based on partial truths or falsities. Understanding that is the first step toward making a change.
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.
