This is a pretty poor take. Everyone knows that it's easier to maintain fitness/muscle than build it. The same is true with money, it's much easier to coast or make moves financially when you have headroom. There's a type of financial self-sabotage people often commit when they're in an "unwinnable" situation called Doom Spending. I feel like the same psychological principles that convince a person in debt to finance their groceries also makes them lean into eating when overweight, lean into laziness when unemployed, etc. They always say that the hardest part is starting, but when it comes to money, fitness, employment, not everyone starts from the same place, and without being/having been at rock bottom you can't speak to the perspective of getting out of it. Agreed that a holistic approach is the only proper way though.
joe_mamba|9 days ago
It isn't when you look at how many rich people are depressed and suicidal. Making millions of dollars isn't a cure for depression.