Girl Meets Financial Freedom

 Do you ever feel trapped in your own life? In society, we hear the word "privilege" come up a lot and I'm not going to lie- by societal and historical standards, my life has been extremely privileged. I have had to work hard and, yes, I did face a little male to female adversity, but certainly, I have had a major advantage economically and racially since I have graced this Earth with my presence.  With that all in mind, life should be "easy" for me, right? I'm coming to the realization that, in fact, my life has been very easy and in that, I haven't really had to learn anything about evolution and survival. I have learned, instead, about American and European history (no others), basic trigonometry and calculus, theological studies and economics. I have learned about what is right and wrong, as long is it fits into the moral standards of where I come from, and I have learned a lot of other semi-useless things. I don't know what it is about this morn...

Don't you love when people mess something up (more specifically, something you'd never mess up in your opinion) and they say "I'm only human"? Immediately, you may experience the "Well, I am too, but I didn't mess that up!" or "How can you be so weak?" or "How could you fail at completing something that seems to be so simple?" Being human may not seem like a great excuse at first glance. After all, we're all human. But are we all created with the exact same DNA? Are we born into the same circumstances? Are we taught the same things? Are we raised by the same people, if even given the opportunity to be raised by anyone at all? Are our highly complex brains wired in an identical way? NO. So why do we expect for everyone else to respond to or to cope with situations exactly how we would?  This is a pretty broad topic, so I want to narrow this down specifically to spending money compulsively. Do you know what is really scary about...