My high stress from watching investments nonstop forced a health wake-up call

I got so stressed from checking my portfolio every few hours that I started having trouble sleeping. My partner noticed I was always on edge, especially when the market dipped. This constant anxiety made me realize I was treating investing like a daily game. For beginners, it's crucial to understand that markets move up and down, and freaking out over every change is pointless. I set a rule to only look at my investments on Fridays, which helped my mental health a lot. This simple change taught me more about long-term thinking than any book did. How do you other new investors handle the urge to check your money all the time?

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the_patricia1mo ago

Checking every few hours is insane.

paige_martin1mo ago

The weird part is how normal it feels now. It's just how social media trains us.

terrywhite1mo ago

Kinda wonder if we're all making too big a deal of it (you know?). Like, @the_patricia calls it insane, but is checking your phone really that different from checking a watch back in the day?