Politics

Got cash but scared to spend it? How to ditch financial guilt

The Age Paridhi Jain

22 Sept 2026 15:00 AEST Summary

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This needs changing your psychological and relationship with spending.

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This requires changing your psychological and relationship with spending.

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**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian parliament house, used to illustrate it. Fire and coals of a smoking ceremony at Australian Parliament House Samuel Phelps / DFAT / wikimedia, CC BY

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