There’s a moment, usually somewhere between your mid-20s and 30, when money stops being abstract. It’s no longer just paychecks and rent — it’s the quiet hum behind your choices. The trips you say yes to, the jobs you stay in, the people you date, the kind of peace you wake up with.

But what most of us don’t realize is that by the time we start making our own money, we’ve already inherited a whole belief system around it — one that might not even be ours.

If you want to build real financial confidence, the kind that feels grounded and free, it starts with letting go of a few stories that no longer serve you.