Courtney Moeller offers a short, first-person reflection about confronting fear and reinforcing confidence when making financial decisions that affect her family. She emphasizes responsibility as a steward of shared family resources, the importance of moving forward rather than staying paralyzed by fear, and how past failures have strengthened her resolve.
I'm really confident in my knowledge, in what I'm doing. I think sometimes I sit there and think, you know, what if I'm making a mistake? And that's scary. The money that we've worked hard for, this is not just my money. It's my husband's money, it's my kids money. These are the things that we're investing to impact my family's lives. And so being a good steward of that, it's a big responsibility, and it's scary. And so sometimes I just have to reassure myself and tell myself, okay, I have been through a lot. I'm actually really good at assessing things and evaluating things. And I think I just have to sit and remind myself of my confidence. You've got to keep plunging forward. I mean, if you're not moving forward, you're going backwards. And that's definitely not where I want to go. And I don't want to live in fear either. I want to live in confidence and success. And you know what? The hard things and the failures and the losses have done nothing but contribute to me being stronger and better.
