Money worship.
In plain English
Money worship is another of the four money mindsets from Klontz and colleagues in 2011. People high in it believe more money would fix their problems and bring happiness, and that there is never quite enough. The Klontz research linked this mindset to lower net worth and to behaviors like overspending and carrying credit-card debt, because the conviction that more will solve things drives buying and striving that outruns income. It is the belief side of the treadmill that hedonic adaptation describes on the feelings side.
01Why it matters
Believing money is the answer tends to fuel spending and debt rather than security, so recognizing money worship as a mindset helps separate what buying actually delivers from what it is expected to.
02The math, step by step
A person convinced the next purchase or the next raise will finally make them happy keeps spending toward it and carries a balance to get there. The finish line keeps moving because there is never enough, which is the mindset at work, not a budgeting slip.
03What this is NOT
It is not the same as healthy financial goals. Wanting to earn and save more is fine. Money worship is the belief that more money is the route to happiness and that enough never arrives, which is what tips it into overspending and debt.
04Receipts
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