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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I'm very proud of myself but will say the fear of economic insecurity continues to drive me,[/quote]

This is me too. I left home young and put myself through school. Shortly after I left home my dad died. The only time I ever asked for money (for school) no one had any to give.

Anyway, I bought a house at 26. Worked hard. Married and stayed married. Have kids including two with special needs who required lots of support beyond what was publicly available. Plus we had over $200k in medical bills. But here we are with two paid off houses, able to give our kids education and a nice life and $3m or so in net worth.

All if the years of struggling did have an effect though. I still worry and i cautiously spend. I take comfort in knowing social security will be enough for us when we reach that point. [/quote]

PP who posted this. I want to work this year on having less fear of lack of money. I have had 300K+ in a HYSA for the past 3 years and would be lying if I said I didn't have regret over the gains I could have made in the market. I am most comfortable with 1 year expenses in savings vs the standard 6 months. But that would still give me at least 100K+ to invest. And yet everytime I think about doing it I get cold feet.

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