SIMPLY ABUNDANCE MAGAZINE

One topic that is rarely discussed honestly in wellness and mental health spaces is the role of financial stability. Many people struggling with stress, anxiety,or chronic shutdown are given advice like: “Practice gratitude.” “Regulate your nervous system.” “Think more positively.” While these practices can be helpful, they often ignore an important reality: Financial instability is a real stressor to the human nervous system.

Journaling is often promoted as an unquestioned good, but like many self-help practices, more is not always better. There is a point where reflection stops being productive and becomes rumination with better handwriting.

At first glance, it sounds like nonsense. Move slower… and somehow end up with more time? But when you look at how our brains, attention, and decisions actually work, the paradox starts to dissolve. Hurrying creates a kind of internal friction. When you rush, your attention fragments, you jump ahead, second-guess yourself, miss details, and often have to backtrack. Tasks take longer not because they’re inherently complex, but because your mind isn’t fully with them.