物價漲5元，你的心態卻跌50分？別讓「窮人心態」和匱乏感控制你！Don’t let scarcity mindset win

現在物價上漲，我想大家應該都挺有感覺的，一個便當，一碗麵，漲個 5 ~ 20元不等。

但我想說的是物價上漲不是針對你個人，那是大環境使然。

但若你一直為了那多付5元、10元、15元覺得自己窮，每次付錢就在哀「好貴啊，我快沒錢了」，那麼這個匱乏感會是你針對你自己😵‍💫

現今社會我們每天幾乎都會消費，隨便算一年哀200次就好，你就200次在告訴自己「我是窮人。」

我個人認為這「匱乏感」比起「物價上漲」本身，來的更毒害你的生命。

因為你認為的、你感受的，會成為你的事實。就是你真心認為自己窮😂

別這樣搞死自己啊啊啊～～～

當我意識到上面說的這些時，我開始慢慢把漲幅的金額，當作這現今社會的金錢流動一環，它不是針對我，它沒有對我有敵意，就只是這大環境下現在的樣貌，而我會在這流動裡會安然無恙的，沒事的。

就像爸媽小時候，一碗麵也不過幾塊錢，但到我小時候，一碗乾麵也漲成變35元，現在也只不過再變成一碗45元。我還是會活得好好的。

以上，跟大家分享，也說給我自己聽！😆

最後來點思考吧！

1. 我有多常對自己說「我買不起」？而這真的是真的嗎？

2. 如果我把物價上漲看成是整體金流的一部分，而不是針對我的攻擊，會有什麼不同？

3. 我是不是不自覺地一直在加強「我很匱乏」的心態？

（原文寫在 2022.7.23 我個人臉書 Betty Yuchan Tseng 上，經修改後重發在網站上）

Prices Went Up $5 —But Did Your Mindset Drop 50 Points? Don’t Let Scarcity Control You

Lately, we’ve all felt the rising cost of living. A bento box, a bowl of noodles—suddenly they’re 5 to 20 dollars more than they used to be.

But here’s the thing: inflation isn’t personal. It’s the economy. It’s the system shifting, not a targeted attack on you.

What is personal, though, is how you respond.

If you feel poor every time you pay 5 or 10 more dollars—if every transaction ends in “Ugh, so expensive, I’m broke”—then you’re telling yourself, again and again: “I’m a poor person.”

And if you do that 200 times a year? That’s 200 mental reminders that you lack.

Honestly, I think this scarcity mindset does more harm than inflation itself.

Because what you believe and feel will shape your reality. The more you say you’re poor, the more real it feels.

Stop doing that to yourself 😵‍💫

When I realized this, I started reframing the price increase. I began to see it as part of a much bigger system—money flowing,
economies shifting. It’s not about me. It’s not against me. It’s just how things are right now. And I’ll be okay within it.

I think about how, in my parents’ time, a bowl of noodles was just a few coins. When I was a kid, it was 35. Now it’s 45. And you know what? I’m still here. Still living.

This is a reminder for you—and for me too 😆

(Originally posted on my personal Facebook on July 23, 2022. Revised for the blog.)