Published on Feb 20, 2026
Let me tell you something that took me an embarrassingly long time to act on: I had a solid chunk of money sitting in a regular savings account earning maybe 0.5% annually. I told myself it was "safe." What I didn't want to admit was that inflation was running at 6 to 7 percent that year. I wasn't saving. I was slowly losing purchasing power while feeling responsible about it.
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Published on Feb 20, 2026
That's the part nobody talks about. The embarrassing part. You've read the books. You understand compound interest. You can explain the difference between good debt and bad debt at a dinner party.
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Published on Feb 17, 2026
Everyone I know who got blindsided — lost a job, had a medical bill hit out of nowhere, had their car transmission die the same week rent was due — all of them had one thing in common. They had some money saved. Just not enough.
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Published on Feb 17, 2026
My biggest money mistake wasn't spending too much on the wrong things. It was applying the financial logic of my 20s to my 30s, then panicking in my 40s when I realized how far behind that left me.
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Published on Feb 15, 2026
The first time I felt “rich” on paper was the year my investments showed a clean 12% return. Then I tried to actually use that money. Prices were higher. Taxes hit harder than I expected. And somehow, that shiny 12% didn’t feel like progress at all. It felt like running on a treadmill that was quietly speeding up.
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Published on Feb 12, 2026
The raise hit my account and, weirdly, nothing changed. I was earning more, but by the end of the month I still checked my balance before ordering food. Rent was higher. The car EMI was higher. Even my “small treats” somehow added up to a number that scared me when I finally looked.
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Published on Feb 08, 2026
So you’ve finally parked some cash in a Fixed Deposit or started a Recurring Deposit, feeling pretty responsible. You log in to your bank app, see the interest number, and think, "Great, I’m making money." That’s exactly where I got stuck for years
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Published on Feb 02, 2026
You know that feeling when you check your savings account balance and it looks like it’s grown a little, but somehow everything at the grocery store feels way more expensive? That’s not just in your head. That gut feeling you’re having—that your money isn’t stretching as far—is the exact thing we need to talk about.
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Published on Jan 28, 2026
So, you’re sitting at a family dinner, and that one uncle you know the one leans in and asks, "Beta, kab tak rent bharte rahoge? Apna ghar toh apna hota hai." (Son, how long will you keep paying rent? Your own home is your own home.)
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Published on Jan 26, 2026
Every year, around late February or early March, the office atmosphere changes. People aren't just talking about deadlines or lunch plans anymore. They’re huddled around screens, frantically checking their Form 16s and wondering how to stop the government from taking a massive chunk of their hard-earned salary.
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Published on Jan 22, 2026
Ever get that "Salary Credited" SMS, feel like a king for exactly one week, and then spend the rest of the month wondering where the hell all that money went? You aren’t alone. I’ve been there, staring at a bank statement that looked like a crime scene, trying to figure out how three dinners out and a couple of Amazon packages managed to wipe out a month’s worth of hard work.
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Published on Jan 21, 2026
Most people start a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) with a very "set it and forget it" mindset. You pick a decent mutual fund, set a monthly amount say ₹5,000 or ₹10,000 and then you basically ignore it for the next decade. You feel like you’ve checked the "financial planning" box. You’re done, right?
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Published on Jan 17, 2026
You’re driving down the highway and you see a massive billboard: "Home Loans @ 8.35%*". Your heart skips a beat. That’s lower than what your cousin got last year. You start mentally picking out curtains for that dream apartment.
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