Oct 29, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
Wouldn't it be nice to sit down with your spouse and say "Where should we go?" instead of "How the hell are we gonna pay for this?" That relationship with money is possible. Here's the tough love…
And I don't know if you're a fan of Nietzsche, but there's a pretty cool Nietzschean idea here.
And it's this, that you do not build a better life by wishing reality were different.
You build a better life by becoming strong enough to deal with reality as it is.
And it's pretty possible because I've certainly done that a freaking zillion times.
Maybe you're telling yourself that you'll start saving once things calm down a little bit.
Maybe you've been carrying the same credit card balance so long it feels like it's just a companion on your journey or somebody that's even a family member.
Maybe you're making good money and somehow you're still wondering where all of it went.
Have you ever asked yourself that? Have you ever thought about that? Would you like to feel calm, confident, in control? Would you like to know exactly how much is coming in and where it's going? Would you like an unexpected car repair to be just an irritation instead of a catastrophe? Would you like to be able to open your checking account without experiencing a minor cardiac event? Maybe you'd like your monthly money meeting to be more about proactive opportunities instead of just emergencies and putting out fires.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could sit down with your spouse and say, where should we go? Instead of, how the hell are we going to pay for this? Because that's a totally different relationship with money, obviously.
And I don't know if you're a fan of Nietzsche, but there's a pretty cool Nietzschean idea here.
And it's this, that you do not build a better life by wishing reality were different.
You build a better life by becoming strong enough to deal with reality as it is.
And it's pretty possible because I've certainly done that a freaking zillion times.
Maybe you're telling yourself that you'll start saving once things calm down a little bit.
Maybe you've been carrying the same credit card balance so long it feels like it's just a companion on your journey or somebody that's even a family member.
Maybe you're making good money and somehow you're still wondering where all of it went.
Have you ever asked yourself that? Have you ever thought about that? Would you like to feel calm, confident, in control? Would you like to know exactly how much is coming in and where it's going? Would you like an unexpected car repair to be just an irritation instead of a catastrophe? Would you like to be able to open your checking account without experiencing a minor cardiac event? Maybe you'd like your monthly money meeting to be more about proactive opportunities instead of just emergencies and putting out fires.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could sit down with your spouse and say, where should we go? Instead of, how the hell are we going to pay for this? Because that's a totally different relationship with money, obviously.
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