Does your money make you motivated?

This guest blog was written by Chris Budd, who wrote the original Financial Wellbeing Book as well as The Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellbeing. He founded the Institute for Financial Wellbeing and has written more than 100 episodes of the Financial Wellbeing Podcast.

Why do we do the things we do? What motivates us to do certain things, and why are we not motivated to do some of the things that we know would be good for us?

Answering these questions can give us insight into whether our relationship with money is making us happier.

Understanding motivations

Let’s look at the nature of those motivations in a bit more detail. Why are we motivated to do something? Sometimes it might be because that thing has to be done, like preparing or eating food. Sometimes it is because not doing it isn’t very pleasant, like putting out the rubbish. Sometimes, however, we are motivated to do something because we think it will bring us joy.

Let’s bring money into this