What Does Money Taste Like?

I started listening to The How to Become Money Workbook again, and somewhere around the third or fourth question, it hit me like a coin to the tongue:

“What does money taste like to you?” - Raz

And instantly this visceral memory comes flying back. The last time I actually tasted money was when I was a little kid. You know, back when you’d literally put everything in your mouth just to figure out what it was, money included.

Here’s where it gets fun:

I’m listening to myself read this question in the audiobook. (Side note: I read the workbook probably 20 times to get that recording done. Reading something for other people to hear is a whole different beast. Your brain’s like, “Where are the words?” Even your own voice starts sounding foreign.)

So I hear myself ask this wild question — what does money taste like? — and for the first time, I actually tune in and get it in a totally different way.

Because in the past, I’d hear that and be like:

“Why the hell are we referencing a physical, sensory memory?” “Why are we using a point of reference at all?”

I’ve always been about not defining things, not locking anything in. And yet, here I am… chewing on this memory like a copper penny.

And boom, there it is: the taste of coins.

You know the one. That metallic, brassy, slightly dirty taste that makes you go:

“really?”

And suddenly I’m back in that moment as a kid thinking:

“What do adults think is so great about this stuff?” “Why do you all care so much about this thing that tastes worse than chocolate?”

It was this completely innocent question from a child’s perspective:

What is this? What does it DO? Why do you care so much?

So naturally, I had to share it with you — because I got this whole new point of view from that one weird question.

Down the rabbit hole…

What if you did the entire How to Become Money Workbook from that space?

What if, with every single question, you asked:

What was my point of view when I was four years old? What was it like when I tasted money back then? What the hell did I think this stuff was for?

Because let’s be real — some kids are just wired differently.

Some are like me: “What does this DO?”

Others? They’re like: “Ooh… people want this. Maybe I can trade it for stuff. Maybe I can get people to do things for me.”

Smart little manipulators, right? (Respect.)

Your awareness may start to pop.

You realize: our points of view about money aren’t logical. They’re not adult. Not mature. Not linear.

They’re old. They’re sensory. They’re like tasting pennies and thinking:

“Really? This is the thing you guys obsess over?”

So try this out:

Next time you're doing the How To Become Money Workbook, don’t just answer like a grown-up.

Drop into the four-year-old you — tasting money, wondering what the big deal is. Ask from there. Explore from there.

Because that version of you? The one who wasn’t already programmed about money?

That might be where the magic lay.

That’s it, folks. That’s the post. That’s the taste.

Thanks for reading.

— Connor