I hate that one expense can ruin my mood for hours

Dear Delyara, A school payment, a repair, a prescription, a bill that lands on the wrong day — it immediately connects to everything else in my mind. What else is due? What if something else happens next week? Can I still buy what the children need? Should I cancel that other thing? Am I falling behind again? That is what makes small costs feel big. They come with a chain reaction. By the time I look normal again from the outside, I’ve often already lived through a whole private emotional storm that started with one ordinary payment.