14 | The Solution You're (Not) Missing

This post is Part 1 of 3 of the “Clarifying Our 'Why' Instead of Searching for Tactics” series.

It's easy to think that success with money is a matter of finding the right tactics.

A perfect combination of all the proper tips and tricks organized and assembled to achieve financial nirvana.

Google certainly contains sound tactical advice.

"How much cash should I have in my emergency fund?". See here.

"Which debt should I pay down first?". See here.

"How much should I be saving?". See here.

"Should I use a Traditional IRA or a Roth IRA?". See here.

"How should I invest my money?". See here.

All the answers are there. All the answers are sound (except the last one that is comically misleading!), but they don't seem to resolve that uncertain feeling in your gut when it comes to money.

Tactics certainly don't address how the way we generate income impacts the way we spend our time.

Tactics don't clarify how the way we spend constantly changes our baseline expectations and experience of life.

Tactics don't ensure that what we have set aside is accessible and wise to use the moment it's needed.

Tactics don't come anywhere close to helping us have more patience or less FOMO when we're investing.

There are plenty of other things that tactics don't do, but it's hard to remember this when tactics are constantly marketed as the solution that you're missing.