Most of us have seen the posts. Someone younger than you, in a nicer flat, explaining how they built financial freedom in six months. It feels urgent. It feels like you're already behind. And yet the evidence, built up over decades of research into how people actually change, points somewhere quieter.
Financial wellbeing tends to come from steady, repeated action rather than a single smart move. That's hard to accept, and there are real reasons why. Our brains are wired to