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I’m a scared man when it comes to money. I’m not really the type to be tight with money, but I don’t feel comfortable when it comes to spending it in large sums. I hate banks and loans and interest rates, and if renting a house means I’ll never need to learn about mortgages it’s fine by me.

And if I’m scared about my own money, that I was raised with, you can imagine how petrified I get when it comes to foreign money. Forex is a nightmarish name for me, full of strange numbers and abbreviations. Going abroad is a strange experience, where you’re given a lot of foreign currency that you have no real idea how much it’s worse, and you constantly feel that you’re being scammed. But, like all fears, you need to face them to get rid of them. I started reading about how foreign exchange rates and the Forex work and I was surprisingly delighted by how transparent it all is. Sure it’s complicated, but it’s not really the Hydra I thought it was. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still struggle when it comes to figuring out just how much x currency is worth in my own, but at least I won’t feel scammed anymore.

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