Some Anxiety Around Money Is Useful

The goal isn’t to eradicate money worries entirely. Some amount of anxiety around money is healthy.

Then, the challenge is not banishing the anxiety but moderating it — which can require practical, measured action. That could mean looking for a new job, hiring a financial planner, consolidating debt, or asking a friend to sit next to you for moral support (or enforcement) while you finally open the bills you’ve been avoiding.