I’ve been reading the money diaries for a few years and I love hearing about how people spend their money but I also think it affirms to me certain things I do and don’t want to do in my life.

I’ve always been in the fence about having kids and I lean towards now but if I do I can’t imagine being a SAHP. This is not to rag on them at all, completely valid choice and many seem to love it but I find my 9-5 monotonous enough already and I am a really spontaneous person generally and I think I wouldn’t be able to cope with the routine of having and caring for kids.

Another lifestyle choice that money diaries have taught me about is the difficulty of owning business. I wonder why self employed/business owner diaries are so rare but while some have been so fun and I myslef have side hustles I do on a self employed basis, I think relying on my full income from my own business would be too stressful for me personally.

Would love to know if anybody here has realised similar things about themselves since reading the money diaries?