Lately, I’ve been thinking about how digital access to everyday services impacts our financial decisions and stress levels. For example, using something as basic as a bill website to check electricity charges can become frustrating when it doesn't work properly — slow loading, inaccessible on mobile, or randomly failing.
I’m curious, do you think the stress caused by poor access to services like these can contribute to someone’s financial anxiety or even impulsive decisions, including gambling or overspending as a form of coping?
Has anyone here faced similar tech-related frustrations that snowballed into other areas of life?
Would love to hear thoughts.
Interesting topic….
What I would say is I think stress, in general, has increased due to things being seemingly made more difficult to access in life, due to sometimes poor tech related issues.
I, myself, try to live life how I used to 25 years ago.
I try to use cash wherever possible, I write things down rather than online and try not to rely on tech related things as much as is humanly possible.
Personally I think overusing things such as your phone can contribute to poor mental and being less able to focus and concentrate on things for long periods. Leading to boredom more easily and therefore wanting to constantly engage and stimulate the mind in an activity. Gambling is an easy pathway that ticks all those boxes as it’s often instant gratification.
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