Stop the ride I want to get off!
How do you feel about rollercoasters?
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A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about this newsletter and she said1 she wants to feel hopeful about my finances, about her finances, and so when I write about how things have gone wrong for me it makes her feel panicky.
A couple of the comments on Monday’s post said something similar:
Honesty, reading about your ongoing finances is one of the reasons I don't like fairground rides; all the uppy-downy-belly-lurching stuff breaks me out in a clammy sweat, so god only knows what must be happening to the IRL you.
Weirdly, IRL me is relatively chill about it (relatively) most of the time. Writing about it really, really helps.
I don't know whether reading about someone else going through this stuff is relaxing or stressful…
But this is what I’m wondering…
Does reading about it help?