Yup, there’s no doubt about it: taking care of our money is a never-ending thing.
A good word to add to our lexicon is praxis.

Wikipedia defines Praxis as “the process by which a theory or lesson becomes part of lived experience. Rather than a lesson being simply absorbed at the intellectual level in a classroom, ideas are tested and experienced in the real world, followed by an opportunity for reflective contemplation. In this way, abstract concepts are connected with lived reality.”

It may help alleviate the sense of, well, drudgery at times, if we think of managing our money less in terms of being a ‘chore’, and more in terms of being a daily living out of our beliefs and our desires.

A great musician will practice a small phrase over, over, over and over again. This praxis can become almost meditative in nature, and that phrase - the timing, the muscles used, the dynamic - settles into the marrow of the musician.

It may be an optimistic comparison, but I think there’s something to it.

At a minimum, basics like keeping track of spending, day in, day out, will settle into our bones as ‘we are in charge of our money’.