When I started earning more, I was racked with guilt and reluctance to build wealth. Learning about money from experts and examining the messages I grew up with helped me move past my guilt. Growing up in a middle-class family, raised by staunch Catholic parents, I didn't have many thoughts about money. I didn't expect the magnitude of guilt that overwhelmed me when I started to earn three times more than I had. My relationship with money had been laced with many negative, good-for-nothing thoughts, making it practically impossible to set strong financial goals.

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