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Why Budget Plans Fail Despite Good Intentions

I make budget spreadsheets every month with perfect plans but then I completely ignore them and spend money on whatever I want in the moment.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The rational mind creates structures that the emotional self systematically undermines, revealing an internal civil war.

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