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Financial Health
Living a rewarding, healthy, and satisfying life is much more likely to become
a reality if you also pay attention to your financial health. Financial stress can
negatively impact your physical health. It can change your appetite and
your sleep patterns, even prevent you from seeing a doctor. Recent
graduates, who may not have a job and who may have student loans, are
especially prone to financial stress.
Financial stress impacts people at all income levels. A 2014 survey from
Financial Finesse Inc. found that just 11 percent of men and 7 percent of
women earning less than $60,000 felt completely free of financial stress. But
higher earners felt similar pressure, with 68 percent of men and women
earning more than $100,000 admitting to “some financial stress” and 11
percent of men and 14 percent of women at this level reporting high
financial stress levels.
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