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How Checking Your Bank Account Is Therapeutic
There is a surprising amount of healing and relief when looking at your bank account, even if the numbers are low.
Last week I checked my bank account, curiosity filling my brain and a mixture of excitement and dread.
It’s a familiar sensation that so many of us experience when we think about that one key question:
“How much money do we have in there?”
It’s a question that for many of us can instill dread to the point that we never check our bank statements or go online to check our balances.
But I’d argue that it’s worth checking it out. Even in situations where you don’t have a lot of money.
After all, there is quite a strong connection between our moods and our bank account. A study in 2016 that was posted in the scientific journal Emotions discovered that we equate success more to not how much money we will make (i.e. salary) but rather what’s in our account right now. Of course, there are some other ways to measure success, but in terms of our money, there is a stronger connection to what we have rather than what we can make.
To further emphasize this, the study also discovered that people were more focused on…
