The dissonance we can often feel when looking at photographs of ourselves is at least in part due to the fact that we form the mental image of ourselves over years of mirror usage. We internalize the mirror image instead of the actual image, and when faced with a photograph showing the “correct” orientation, it can be disorienting.
The same thing can happen when we invite a partner or a friend or a trusted advisor into our lives to examine our financial habits and to chart a course of habits going forward: we might suddenly realize that the self-images we’ve created are potentially distorted when we look away from a mirror and at what amounts to a financial photograph that someone else has taken.
Don’t shy away from the disorientation. It can be one of the healthiest sorts of uncomfortable available to you, and a first step toward financial health.
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