How to overcome emotional setback from a financial loss

Uma ShashikantTHE ECONOMIC TIMES
May 14, 2024 | 11:56 IST

Processing the grief of losing wealth by accepting it and moving on is crucial for one’s emotional and financial health. More importantly, it helps us understand the real gifts we have in life

I met a 95-year-old doctor, who moved somewhat reluctantly into assisted living. He asked me what I did. I told him I had sold off my business and retired from a job I had enjoyed for over 35 years.

He disapproved. “I was working till last year,” he said. Then he asked me what I did. Apart from the garden, kitchen and my interest in food sciences, I wrote this column, I told him.
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