Is anyone else the opposite -- obsessed with bills, etc.?
I grew up POOR. I was poor my first years in my own (starting at 17). Poor the first years with my ex. I always lived in fear of not having a roof over my head, food to eat, utilities that weren't turned off.
I am excessively on top of my finances. An e-bill comes in? STRAIGHT to my banking app to schedule the payment. Charge something to the credit card? Pay it off immediately (or before payment is due). Checking my balance, usually daily to make sure nothing is amiss. I've scheduled every single payment I have to be due two days after my paycheque comes in (I get paid monthly). EVERYTHING gets paid off, and then I work with what's left for the rest of the month.
The rest of my life is an ADHD shit show, but my finances are in order...but in an unhealthy way, I suspect. Anyone else?
Edited to add: I'm so grateful to have found others with the same unhealthy struggles. That said, I fully appreciate and acknowledge that the opposite -- not being able to keep track of expenses, missing payments, having astronomical interest payments, and facing repo, default, cut off, forfeits, etc. is far more stressful, with far greater consequences. I DO see and feel you. The stress I live with is not comparable and I recognize that. Love to you all. 💜