Financial stress is so common that certified financial planner Katie Lindquist says almost every client she has tells her they are feeling it.
“They don’t know what they should be doing with their money, and they feel like they should know. They feel shame around their money habits, which is a huge driving force of stress,” Lindquist says.
To alleviate that tension, Lindquist helps them get organized and take inventory of their financial accounts and goals. “People who have financial plans are a lot less stressed because they know where they are and where they want to go,” says Lindquist, who is based in Madison, Wisconsin. In Kimberly Palmer’s latest for the Seattle Times, learn 5 ways to calm financial stress.