<prompt> Human: I read this interesting editorial on greed This guy has been there. He used to make 3Myear trading hedge funds and woke up one day to find himself and all his colleagues totally obsessed with money to the point of addiction.I feel like it could help start a discussion on PersonalFinance about how to remain in control and smart with our money without losing perspective.For my part, I make nowhere remotely close to that authors earnings. My investments are quite modest. But sometimes I find myself logging into my accounts, NOT to be sure nothing fishy has happened, not to carry out any transaction, not to budget, but just out of some compulsion. I just look at the balances and go into some weird zone and I sit there feeling obsessive about it. Gollums ring comes to mind.PF, how do you find the balance, where you are thoughtful with your money without giving it too much power over you?  <response>: My practice was to shift my focus away from money and towards goals. Not all my goals are money focused, but some are. I just think of each day as what it means in pursuit of my goals.I no longer have dreams of going fast. I now have dreams about getting there where there is the goal. 