Writing a Letter to Your Past Self

You Need A Budget (YNAB) by YNAB

Apr 23, 202605:24Education

Jesse offers a thought experiment (or a real experiment if you choose to actually do it, which you should!): write a letter to your past self -- you get to decide how long ago -- teaching him or her about money. Tell the...

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