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Why Is It So Awkward To Talk Openly About Money?
Ask me anything you want to know about my financial life, and I will answer you.
In my perfect world, everyone would walk with the amount of money they have in their bank accounts on the top of their heads. I don’t want access to this information to shame or judge anyone, but money is still taboo for most people, and they don’t like to talk about it. Maybe they have too much or too little, who knows.
I know that I have always been curious about how people live, and because money is an essential aspect of our lives, I want to know how people make money, how people save money, how people invest money and how people spend money. I want to know it all.
Reggie Nelson was as curious as me, probably a bit more, because he decided to knock on the doors of the wealthiest people living in London a few years ago. This helped him to get an internship, and today he works in finance. He basically did what most of us want to do: ask the riches how they make money. You can learn more about his story here.
In my life, I am trying to be more and more open around money. I don’t want to have money as a taboo any more (although I don’t have much control over other people, and we can’t make money a non-taboo alone). And because of that, I believe that…
