這種攀比之風如今尤其難以避免。我們從未如此深入地了解其他人在做什么,更重要的是,他們在購買什么物品。任何擁有iPhone的人都可以通過“查找我的朋友”追蹤他人的動向,在瀏覽Instagram后嫉妒他人的度假方式,在使用Snap后感到“錯失恐懼癥”(FOMO),在LinkedIn上羨慕別人的職業(yè)。
所有這些社交媒體的綜合作用正在造成負面影響,即使是對功成名就的成年人來說亦是如此:根據Intuit Credit Karma最近的一項調查,近一半(45%)的Z世代和千禧一代對躋身富人階層的想法癡迷不已。更糟糕的是,這種想法似乎遙不可及。48%的Z世代受訪者告訴Intuit Credit Karma,他們覺得自己財務狀況落后;59%的千禧一代也這么認為。
這種癡迷,以及由此產生的表現不佳的感覺,導致人們忽視自己的實際財務狀況,最終形成了Intuit Credit Karma所稱的“畸形金錢觀”。調查發(fā)現,盡管他們實際上可能相當富裕,但“對自己財務狀況的扭曲看法,可能會導致他們做出錯誤的決定”,這種情況在不同財務穩(wěn)定程度的人群中都有發(fā)生。在承認正與畸形金錢觀作斗爭的受訪者中,近40%的人表示他們至少有1萬美元的存款;其中23%的人擁有超過3萬美元的存款,遠遠高于美國儲蓄賬戶余額的中位數。正如Credit Karma所指出的,美國儲蓄賬戶余額的中位數剛剛超過5,000美元
在心理學中,“畸形”最常用來指那些對自己的身體進行非理性批評的患者。金融治療師林賽·布萊恩-波德文(Lindsay Bryan-Podvin)最近告訴生活駭客網站(Lifehacker),畸形財務觀并不是嚴格意義上的臨床術語,它更像是“認知失調”,是指感覺到自己的現狀與應該達到的目標之間存在差距。
Credit Karma的調查顯示,無論如何,這種想要跟上富人步伐的心態(tài)對心理健康產生了不利影響。69%有畸形金錢觀的受訪者表示,他們認為自己永遠不會變得富有,95%的受訪者表示,他們因癡迷金錢而對自己的財務狀況產生了負面影響。這種執(zhí)念阻礙了他們積累儲蓄、買房或投資,反而導致他們超支,甚至背負更多債務。
畸形金錢觀如此突出不足為奇:對于許多千禧一代,尤其是Z世代來說,財務穩(wěn)定從未像現在這樣遙不可及。對于40歲以下的員工來說,積累任何數量的財富都困難重重,他們不得不承擔歷史性的住房負擔能力危機、一到兩次金融危機、沉重的學生債務、停滯不前的最低工資,以及創(chuàng)紀錄的高通脹和不斷膨脹的育兒成本。
然而,盡管面臨這些非常現實的艱苦斗爭,員工們對生活必需品的把握和價值觀卻始終存在偏差。根據2023年Bankrate的一項調查,普通美國人認為他們需要每年賺23.3萬美元才能感到財務舒適,這比美國人口普查局(Census Bureau)2021年普通全職員工的平均收入75,203美元高出310%。要讓受訪者感到富有,而不僅僅是財務舒適,他們需要賺取兩倍于此的收入:483,000美元。
Bankrate高級經濟分析師馬克·哈姆里克(Mark Hamrick)在報告中寫道:過得舒適更可能意味著:有能力支付日常開支,并有一點余錢偶爾‘揮霍’一下。"通常情況下,人們幻想著躋身‘富人階層’,但大多數人都渴望得過且過,或者實現比這更好一點的財務狀況。”
專心看自己的試卷
“畸形金錢觀有點像當今版本的攀比之風。”Credit Karma的消費理財倡導者考特尼·阿列夫(Courtney Alev)在報告中寫道。“很多人都在審視自己的財務狀況,并將自己與同齡人、社交媒體上的人甚至名人進行比較,這讓他們產生一種比上不足的感覺。”
阿列夫接著說,擺脫畸形金錢觀的唯一方法是依靠確鑿的數據:密切關注自己的財務狀況,評估自己的目標,并制定切實可行的計劃來實現這些目標。此外,盡量減少將自己的財務狀況與他人進行比較的時間也很管用,這是因為他人往往也背負著沉重的隱性債務。
“社交媒體和名人文化會加劇畸形金錢觀,原因是我們看到人們過著光鮮亮麗的生活,揮金如土。”Touchdown Money創(chuàng)始人斯科特·利伯曼(Scott Lieberman)告訴GoBankingRates。“但話又說回來,我們不知道他們是如何得到這筆錢的,也不知道他們積累了多少債務。”
幸運的是,為了優(yōu)先考慮自己的財務狀況,受訪者對與朋友斷絕關系并不太在意。去年夏天,Credit Karma的一項調查發(fā)現,三分之一的人表示,他們曾與財務決策與自己不一致的人斷絕了友誼。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
這種攀比之風如今尤其難以避免。我們從未如此深入地了解其他人在做什么,更重要的是,他們在購買什么物品。任何擁有iPhone的人都可以通過“查找我的朋友”追蹤他人的動向,在瀏覽Instagram后嫉妒他人的度假方式,在使用Snap后感到“錯失恐懼癥”(FOMO),在LinkedIn上羨慕別人的職業(yè)。
所有這些社交媒體的綜合作用正在造成負面影響,即使是對功成名就的成年人來說亦是如此:根據Intuit Credit Karma最近的一項調查,近一半(45%)的Z世代和千禧一代對躋身富人階層的想法癡迷不已。更糟糕的是,這種想法似乎遙不可及。48%的Z世代受訪者告訴Intuit Credit Karma,他們覺得自己財務狀況落后;59%的千禧一代也這么認為。
這種癡迷,以及由此產生的表現不佳的感覺,導致人們忽視自己的實際財務狀況,最終形成了Intuit Credit Karma所稱的“畸形金錢觀”。調查發(fā)現,盡管他們實際上可能相當富裕,但“對自己財務狀況的扭曲看法,可能會導致他們做出錯誤的決定”,這種情況在不同財務穩(wěn)定程度的人群中都有發(fā)生。在承認正與畸形金錢觀作斗爭的受訪者中,近40%的人表示他們至少有1萬美元的存款;其中23%的人擁有超過3萬美元的存款,遠遠高于美國儲蓄賬戶余額的中位數。正如Credit Karma所指出的,美國儲蓄賬戶余額的中位數剛剛超過5,000美元
在心理學中,“畸形”最常用來指那些對自己的身體進行非理性批評的患者。金融治療師林賽·布萊恩-波德文(Lindsay Bryan-Podvin)最近告訴生活駭客網站(Lifehacker),畸形財務觀并不是嚴格意義上的臨床術語,它更像是“認知失調”,是指感覺到自己的現狀與應該達到的目標之間存在差距。
Credit Karma的調查顯示,無論如何,這種想要跟上富人步伐的心態(tài)對心理健康產生了不利影響。69%有畸形金錢觀的受訪者表示,他們認為自己永遠不會變得富有,95%的受訪者表示,他們因癡迷金錢而對自己的財務狀況產生了負面影響。這種執(zhí)念阻礙了他們積累儲蓄、買房或投資,反而導致他們超支,甚至背負更多債務。
畸形金錢觀如此突出不足為奇:對于許多千禧一代,尤其是Z世代來說,財務穩(wěn)定從未像現在這樣遙不可及。對于40歲以下的員工來說,積累任何數量的財富都困難重重,他們不得不承擔歷史性的住房負擔能力危機、一到兩次金融危機、沉重的學生債務、停滯不前的最低工資,以及創(chuàng)紀錄的高通脹和不斷膨脹的育兒成本。
然而,盡管面臨這些非常現實的艱苦斗爭,員工們對生活必需品的把握和價值觀卻始終存在偏差。根據2023年Bankrate的一項調查,普通美國人認為他們需要每年賺23.3萬美元才能感到財務舒適,這比美國人口普查局(Census Bureau)2021年普通全職員工的平均收入75,203美元高出310%。要讓受訪者感到富有,而不僅僅是財務舒適,他們需要賺取兩倍于此的收入:483,000美元。
Bankrate高級經濟分析師馬克·哈姆里克(Mark Hamrick)在報告中寫道:過得舒適更可能意味著:有能力支付日常開支,并有一點余錢偶爾‘揮霍’一下。"通常情況下,人們幻想著躋身‘富人階層’,但大多數人都渴望得過且過,或者實現比這更好一點的財務狀況。”
專心看自己的試卷
“畸形金錢觀有點像當今版本的攀比之風。”Credit Karma的消費理財倡導者考特尼·阿列夫(Courtney Alev)在報告中寫道。“很多人都在審視自己的財務狀況,并將自己與同齡人、社交媒體上的人甚至名人進行比較,這讓他們產生一種比上不足的感覺。”
阿列夫接著說,擺脫畸形金錢觀的唯一方法是依靠確鑿的數據:密切關注自己的財務狀況,評估自己的目標,并制定切實可行的計劃來實現這些目標。此外,盡量減少將自己的財務狀況與他人進行比較的時間也很管用,這是因為他人往往也背負著沉重的隱性債務。
“社交媒體和名人文化會加劇畸形金錢觀,原因是我們看到人們過著光鮮亮麗的生活,揮金如土。”Touchdown Money創(chuàng)始人斯科特·利伯曼(Scott Lieberman)告訴GoBankingRates。“但話又說回來,我們不知道他們是如何得到這筆錢的,也不知道他們積累了多少債務。”
幸運的是,為了優(yōu)先考慮自己的財務狀況,受訪者對與朋友斷絕關系并不太在意。去年夏天,Credit Karma的一項調查發(fā)現,三分之一的人表示,他們曾與財務決策與自己不一致的人斷絕了友誼。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
The comparison game is especially difficult to avoid playing these days. We’ve never had more insights into what other people are doing—and more important, buying. Anyone with an iPhone can track movements on Find My Friends, get vacation envy on Instagram, feel FOMO on Snap, and have career envy via LinkedIn.
The combined forces of all that social media are taking their toll, even for successful, established adults: Per a recent Intuit Credit Karma survey, nearly half (45%) of Gen Zers and millennials are obsessed with the idea of being rich. Worse yet, that idea feels perennially out of reach. Forty-eight percent of Gen Zers told Intuit Credit Karma they feel behind financially; 59% of millennials said the same.
This obsession—and resultant feeling of underperformance—has led people to lose sight of the actual state of their finances, culminating in what Intuit Credit Karma dubs “money dysmorphia.” This condition, of having “a distorted view of one’s finances that could lead them to make poor decisions,” occurs among people of all levels of financial stability, the survey finds, despite how well off they may actually be. Nearly 40% of the survey respondents who admitted to struggling with money dysmorphia said they had at least $10,000 in savings; 23% of the group had over $30,000—significantly above the median savings account balance, which, as Credit Karma pointed out, is just over $5,000 in the U.S.
In psychology, “dysmorphia” is most often used to refer to patients who feel irrationally critical about their bodies. Financial dysmorphia isn’t strictly a clinical term—it’s more like “cognitive dissonance,” feeling a gap between where you are and where you should be, financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin told Lifehacker recently.
But regardless, this feeling of needing to keeping up with the richies is having a detrimental effect on mental health, Credit Karma’s survey shows. Sixty-nine percent of money-dysmorphic respondents said they don’t think they’ll ever be rich, and 95% say their obsession negatively impacts their finances. The preoccupation has held them back from accruing savings, buying a home or investing, and instead has led them to overspend and even take on additional debt.
It’s no wonder money dysmorphia is so prominent: Financial stability has never felt further out of reach for many millennials and Gen Zers in particular. Building up any amount of wealth has been fraught for under-40 workers who have had to shoulder the burden of historic housing unaffordability, a financial crisis or two, crushing student debt, and a stagnated minimum wage against record-high inflation and ballooning childcare costs.
But despite these very real uphill battles, workers’ sense of necessity and values are consistently skewed. According to a 2023 Bankrate survey, the average American feels they need to make $233,000 a year to feel comfortable—310% more than the $75,203 the average full-time worker earned in 2021, per the Census Bureau. For respondents to feel wealthy—more than simply comfortable—they need to earn twice that: $483,000.
Comfort is largely defined by the ability to shell out for occasional luxuries while also keeping up with monthly expenses, Bankrate senior economic analyst Mark Hamrick wrote in the report. “Typically, people fantasize about the notion of getting ‘rich,’ but most aspire to get by or a bit better than that.”
Keep your eyes on your own paper
“Money dysmorphia is kind of like today’s version of keeping up with the Joneses,” Courtney Alev, a consumer financial advocate at Credit Karma, wrote in the report. “A lot of people are examining their finances and comparing themselves to their peers, people on social media, and even celebrities, which is bringing up feelings of inadequacy.”
The only way out of money dysmorphia, Alev went on, is relying on the hard data: Keeping a close eye on your own finances, assessing your goals, and making a realistic plan to work toward them. Also useful would be minimizing your time comparing your situation to that of others—who are often in mountains of hidden debt themselves.
“Social media and celebrity culture can exacerbate money dysmorphia, because we’re seeing images of people living glamorous lives spending money,” Scott Lieberman, founder of Touchdown Money, told GoBankingRates. “But then again, we don’t know the truth as to how they got that money and how much debt they’ve accumulated.”
Luckily, respondents aren’t too precious about cutting friends off in order to prioritize their own finances. A Credit Karma survey from last summer found that a third of people said they’ve ended friendships with people whose financial decisions don’t align with theirs.