How much are you willing to pay to not be uncomfortable?

How much are you willing to pay to avoid being uncomfortable?  $5,000? $10,000? $100,000?

Because that’s exactly what you are doing if you avoid asking for a raise because you are worried what your boss will say.

In a different way, I realized that’s what I have been doing all week. I did an experiment a year ago and moved some investments into managed accounts and now I am going to move them back out into accounts I manage.

So, my financial planner won’t be making any money… or nearly as much… from my accounts.

I have been avoiding signing up for a meeting with him.I am worried about how he will try to talk me into staying.
I am worried he will suggest a different kind of investment that I will have to research… putting off the change.

None of the results will hurt me mentally or physically. (Although my reptilian brain is trying to convince me of exactly that.)

Underneath it all, what I am really trying to avoid is a physical sensation in my body.

I am trying to avoid a sour tension in my stomach and a tight neck.
I am trying to avoid the physical sensation that goes with anxiety and shame.
But when I take a breath and think about it, it’s not that bad.

It’s just a physical sensation that lasts for maybe 90 seconds.

I am happy to feel that discomfort for a few minutes to make/save tens of thousands of dollars in the long run.  

Sounds like a good trade-off.

Let me go schedule that discomfort so I can feel rich.