This is all a bit back to front. Plus wasn't sure whether this goes in Money. Mental Health, or somewhere else- so added here!
I don't have masses of spare income but have been trying to save for bits and bobs that I know will be coming up. eg my car needed it's MOT recently and I saved up for the work that I knew it would require to pass. This is a massive achievement on my behalf because my ability to manage money has never been brilliant but I have landed on a good system for me.
All good, the money was there when I needed it so in theory you'd think my brain would take that as a win, right?
No! Now I've had to spend the money (on what I'd planned to spend it on of course) and my car savings pot has gone back to £0 and I feel really deflated because I've got to now do the work all over again and start building up a pot of money from scratch. I feel anxious about having "not enough" available until I get to my goal but it takes so long and so much focus that I have exhausted all my motivation.
Can anyone help me reframe my thinking?