What I DON’T Mean About Money

24 Jan What I DON’T Mean About Money

What I DON’T mean about money would fill a book. Image (of herself!) by Robin Higgins.

When I say “Don’t let money get in the way,”

I don’t mean you should run up your credit card bills!

I Also Don’t Mean

When I say: don’t make it the most important thing, don’t let fear of it or not having it drive you, and don’t lie about it or let fear about it rule your galaxy

I also don’t mean you should work at a job you hate, prostitute your skills or your self, or cheat, lie, or steal.

Let Me Be Clear

When I say, “money is connected to everything,”

I do not mean you can get everything you want using it.

Our Fears Are Not About Money

What we’re really afraid of is losing control. We need to back up a step and work with the fear of losing control.

It Does Not Buy Anything Important

There is almost always another way of getting anything you want besides buying it. My rule is that if you can buy it, it is not probably not very important, although it may be useful in the moment.

Why Bother to Point These Things Out?

1. It is a lot easier to work with what underlies your feelings about money than to try to have more of it without that self-awareness.
2. It’s a lot more fun, too.
3. Self-awareness work + desire for abundance  = having money that makes a positive difference in your life. (And doesn’t enslave you.)