What is emotional investing?

“Emotional investing” can be distinguished from “emotional spending” in that emotional spending is when we are not necessarily as careful about or concerned with how our emotional experience helps us improve our well-being over time.

What does it mean if you're emotionally invested in someone?

Exploring emotional investment in relationships and at work At a basic level, saying you're emotionally invested in someone or something is like saying that you're emotionally attached to them. There are healthy and unhealthy emotional...

Is emotional investment the same as money?

Emotional investment is the same thing, except that you're investing your emotions rather than money and hoping the thing you invest in will return your investment in the future in ways that are emotionally fulfilling for you.