The Symptoms Of Money Block

[jeffrey]

...You've encountered Money Block before, although you probably called it something else (laziness, procrastination, fear of math). The symptoms include:

**Ignoring that personal finance book on your night table.

**Averting your tender eyes from the nitty-gritty of your financial statements.

**Finding creative ways to avoid talking about money with your spouse.

**Buying money software, using it for two days and then quitting.

Most people are resistant to change: Starting an exercise program, quitting smoking, going on a diet. But nothing is harder to cure than a case of Money Block.

Wanna know why? Because everyone wants managing money to be as easy as baking cookies. Which it could be except for one teensy factor. No one has mixed emotions about cookies -- aside from high-carb guilt. Money, on the other hand, is fraught with desire, panic, ego, fear, indulgence, vanity, power, success and failure... [read more at msn.com]