How much of each day do you spend in panic about your finances?

[Orrex]

Poll question: How much of each day do you spend in panic about your finances?

Poll result (33 votes)
Zero hours: I've got mine, Jack; keep your hands off of my stack	(10 votes, 30%)	Vote
1 - 6 hours: I'm getting by okay	(8 votes, 24%)	Vote
7 - 12 hours: I get a bit concerned now and again	(4 votes, 12%)	Vote
13 - 18 hours: I'm kind of worried about things	(7 votes, 21%)	Vote
19 - 24 hours: I'm totally fucking freaked out all the time	(4 votes, 12%)	Vote

[LaraMN]

1. Hah! Bad week for me to answer!

[malta blue]

2. most of my waking hours....

[ohiosmith]

3. Thankfully zero.

[xchrom]

4. i stay within my budget.

i have to -- i don't make enough to have mad fun with unless i save for it.

not very interesting i'm afraid.

[jobycom]

5. Man are so badly screwed up I don't even worry anymore.

Just no point. What comes, comes.

[LeftyMom]

6. Why worry? I have no money. Worrying won't change that.

[billyskank]

7. Of my problems, that isn't one of them

I should count my blessings.

[bridgit]

8. i worry somewhere upwards of 'zero', but hubby is the numbers guy...

and everything seems to work out for the best...somehow

[MadHound]

9. I worry very little about my finances

And it isn't because I'm rich, or have lots of money. The reason I don't worry is twofold. First, I've been homeless, broke, starving for days, I know the depths of poverty all to well, and I have realized that one can survive regardless. The second is because I plan for what I can, don't sweat the small stuff, and if there is an unforeseen crisis, well, shit happens.

I'm not lacksidaisicalabout money, I do plan for the future, invest, save etc. But I think that life is entirely to short to obsess over it constantly.

[Deja Q]

10. Down to 1-6hrs. Used to be 24hrs.

[seemunkee]

11. 3-4

Got one kid in college and another heading there in a year. So far haven't had to take out any loans but that may change. It wouldn't be fare to #2 to get saddles with student loans just because she was born second.

[REDKING]

12. constantly....

Just paid for a course,electricity bill came,down £240 quid on my wages because they made a mistake......not having a good month on the money front....RK