Boring Money Wins

Hi Sheconomist Insider 👋 It’s Thamina, Founder of The Sheconomist. This is your bi-weekly dose of celebrating the female economy where I help ambitious, purpose-driven women like yourself flip the script on money, career & wellbeing conventions so you can live life on your own terms.

TLDR:

• ✨ How to turn Weltschmerz into hope

• 📔 The digital planner that’s great for goal setting

• 💰 Boring money wins

• 💜 Meet Ulrika Gustafson, Global Executive Coach & Strategic Advisor

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🧪 Freedom Formulas

There’s a German word for the quiet ache many of us have were carrying in 2025.

Weltschmerz.

A kind of world-weariness. The feeling that the future we were promised isn’t arriving on schedule, or in the way we imagined.

It shows up subtly.

You do everything “right.”
You work hard. You stay informed. You care.

And yet the headlines feel heavier than they used to.

Geopolitical uncertainty.
Rights being questioned, rolled back, renegotiated.
Institutions that once felt solid now feel more fragile.
Progress that once seemed inevitable suddenly feels less guaranteed.

It creates a specific kind of fatigue.

Not burnout.
Not apathy.
But disorientation, like the map no longer matches the terrain.

We were taught to believe progress is linear.
That if you make good choices, the world will steadily improve alongside you.

But progress has always moved in cycles.
What’s different now is our proximity to the chaos, it’s in our feeds, our group chats, our everyday lives.

For high-achieving women like us, this creates tension.

You can still build a career.
Grow your income.
Create independence.

And yet, something feels incomplete.

Because individual success doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

That’s the heart of Weltschmerz: The realization that freedom isn’t just personal, it’s relational.

When systems feel unreliable, humans don’t retreat. They reconnect.

Community isn’t a trend, it’s an instinct.

Not performative networking, but real, values-aligned relationships.
People you can speak honestly with, build alongside, and rely on.

So if the future feels uncertain, the question shifts.

Not: How do I protect myself?
But: Who am I building with and for?

When the world feels unstable, don’t shrink your vision, anchor it.

In relationships over algorithms.
In trust over scale.
In shared values over external validation.

Weltschmerz isn’t weakness. It’s awareness.

And awareness, when paired with community, is where a more hopeful future begins.

2026 doesn’t ask for certainty, it asks for intention. And intention, when rooted in community, is one of the most resilient forms of hope we have.

❣️ Thamina’s Top Picks

🎙️ Loved this conversation between two badass business women - one happens to be my fellow countrywoman and founder of one of my favorite skincare brands

✍️ This is the digital planner I purchased a few weeks ago - I’m not sure I’m going to use it on a daily basis but I found it really helpful to reflect and set yearly and monthly goals

💰 My all-time favorite app to track my finances all in one place (income, expenses, investments, credit cards, net worth) - you can get a 50% discount with my code

🌴 My friend Savannah is hosting a retreat in Tulum in April I wish I could attend

✨ This week’s Moodboard

Post credits go to Poznyakova Liliya, Summer Clarke Art, Shelbie, Pooh Pooh

💸 Cooking up Wealth

Most people assume wealth is built through big, bold, impressive moves.