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How arbitrary financial rules create unnecessary suffering

I panic when my checking account gets below a certain number even though I have other accounts with plenty of money in them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The mind creates magical thinking around specific numbers or accounts, giving arbitrary boundaries the power to trigger real distress.

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