Scarcity (of time and money) seems to generate a bipolar pattern between extreme (and unwise) stinginess and escapist binges when they just want to take a break

Scarcity (of time and money) seems to generate a bipolar pattern between extreme (and unwise) stinginess and escapist binges when they just want to take a break from being poor. I've also noticed that people who get their cash in volatile distributions (e.g. independent graphic designers) tend to have bad financial sense, because they go from perceived but false richness (someone just gave me $60,000!) to drought. I'd assume there's a similar phenomenon in VC.