{"id":184,"date":"2021-11-01T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneywithkatie.com\/how-to-cope-with-financial-anxiety-using-a-money-routine\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:53:36","slug":"how-to-cope-with-financial-anxiety-using-a-money-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneywithkatie.com\/how-to-cope-with-financial-anxiety-using-a-money-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cope with Financial Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Everyone has those \u201cthinkers\u201d who they follow for life advice \u2013&nbsp;mine happens to be a clich\u00e9 tech bro guru by the name of Tim Ferriss. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ferriss inspires me, and for more than just his cutthroat ability to charge $43,000 per podcast ad to his media sponsors (legend). His \u201chuman guinea pig\u201d approach to life makes me want to adopt all of his philosophies unquestioningly \u2013&nbsp;and one in particular felt divinely intercepted into my life the other day:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cRoutines are the antidote for the neurotic, Type A personality.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I may be paraphrasing a little, but I think any Type A person who\u2019s ever been on vacation can tell you: The first couple days are actually more disorienting than they are relaxing, simply because it takes a minute to settle into a <em>new routine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Routines anchor us to reality. They enable us to show up more fully in our daily lives, because they provide the structure and scaffolding in our day around which we can build.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The true value of a routine of any kind, I think, is that it takes the guesswork out of our decision-making. Indulge me in a ridiculous example.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Let\u2019s say \u2014 hypothetically! \u2013 that I use one of those pastel-colored, adorably named Tinkle razors to scrape the peach fuzz off my face every so often. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">(Definitely, totally not true!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Let\u2019s examine two ways of incorporating this into my beauty routine:<\/p>\n<ol data-rte-list=\"default\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Eyeball the facial peach fuzz every few days, wondering intermittently if it\u2019s time yet. Can I see the hair on my face? I don\u2019t know. Kind of? Should I do it today? I don\u2019t know. Maybe. When was the last time I did this again? Is it time? Ugh, I guess it\u2019s kind of grown back. But is it grown back enough to shave again? I don\u2019t really feel like it. Gosh, I kinda look like shit today. Is that a zit? Maybe shaving would help. Or maybe it would make it worse. I don\u2019t know! (Play this incessant waffling on a loop. This is your brain without routine.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Apply the Tinkle razor routinely every other Sunday on a predetermined cadence. Never think about it otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Notice how much less decision fatigue is involved in the second option? <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">While this example is ridiculous, it\u2019s a microcosm of how <em>all of the tiny decisions<\/em> we\u2019re faced with in our daily lives can suck time, energy, and thought from our day if we\u2019re floating along willy-nilly. At scale, it compounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Do I think you need to adhere a Microsoft Excel-style chore chart for all your various shaving needs to your bathroom mirror to keep up with your relentless hair regrowth? No, probably not. That would be insane, and I definitely don\u2019t do that. Yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">But for the <em>big<\/em> things in your life \u2013&nbsp;the stuff that <em>really<\/em> matters \u2013<strong>&nbsp;leaving it to chance is ridiculous.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Is money anxiety a thing?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Well, in case it\u2019s not obvious, apply that same ridiculous face shaving loop to something as monstrous and consequential as your financial wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cShould I budget today? I don\u2019t know. When was the last time I filled it out? I can\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cMaybe I should move some money into savings\u2026 do I have enough? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cDid I contribute the maximum to a Roth IRA yet this year? I think I put in some earlier this year. I don\u2019t know. What\u2019s the password to that account again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">That\u2019s precisely the unstructured, systemless disarray that <em>breeds<\/em> financial anxiety like a petri dish in a 7th grade biology classroom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Of <em>course<\/em> you\u2019re going to feel anxious and untethered about your finances \u2013&nbsp;there\u2019s absolutely no structure in place to ensure you feel otherwise!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In a lot of ways, routine is merely the way you <strong>formalize your decision-making<\/strong> so you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> have to make decisions anymore.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">How can you relieve financial anxiety?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A money routine eliminates decision fatigue and the constant loop of, \u201cWhat should I be doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">And while I\u2019m not as, \u201cPut your financial life on autopilot!\u201d as Ramit Sethi is, I do think there\u2019s something to be said for having a system in place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">It\u2019s like going to the gym financially. You\u2019re probably not going to stress out about feeling fat and lazy if you spend 30 minutes sweating every morning and 60 minutes on Sunday, right? You\u2019re <em>far<\/em> less likely to feel emotionally triggered by your own lack of attention to something <em>if you have a routine for paying attention to it<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A money routine works the same way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">My money routine is fairly simple, and it\u2019s composed of daily, weekly, and monthly tasks. As a result, I think about my money in a predefined way, at a predefined time \u2013 that way, the <em>rest <\/em>of the time, I don\u2019t <em>have<\/em> to think about it at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">It\u2019s like putting a nice, neat little window of control around your financial concerns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For 3 minutes each morning, you\u2019ll recategorize new transactions appropriately in your Copilot app. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Each week for 20 minutes on Sunday night, you\u2019ll take a peek at your checking account and credit card statements and determine if you can afford to move more money into your investment accounts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">And on the first of every month, you\u2019ll record your spending and investing totals for the previous month and check in with your goal progress. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Neat, predetermined windows with defined outcomes that happen at a regular interval, so you\u2019re never left to anxiously wonder whether you\u2019re on track or not. <\/p>\n<h2 style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">What causes financial anxiety, and how can a routine help?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A money routine eliminates the need for constant, never-ending decision fatigue<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">No more intermittent worrying about whether or not you\u2019re doing it right, saving enough, or making the right decisions. You\u2019ve predetermined when and how you\u2019ll check in, and freed yourself from the anxiety the rest of the time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ultimately, it comes down to control. By installing routine, you\u2019re installing control. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Routine is a proxy for control, and control over <em>any<\/em> situation (that\u2019s semi-controllable) is the best antidote for anxiety \u2013&nbsp;<em>especially<\/em> when it comes to money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">There are enough things in life that we ultimately don\u2019t have any control over, and it\u2019s understandable why we may feel anxiety over them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Money shouldn\u2019t be one of those things. <\/p>\n<h2 style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Download my money routine for free<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">You can download a (free) copy of my money routine (complete with a checklist and resources) so you can use it as a starting point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center\"\n  data-animation-role=\"button\"\n  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