When in pursuit of your money goal, it may be that the effort feels all-consuming. The hunger is real and the achievement is all you can see. But there’s more.
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Build what you wish you could see.
Stretch your imagination to create what does not yet exist. As a creative, this is probably something you do all the time, creating sandcastles in the sky and magical creatures that never walked the earth. Yet when it comes to our money, we somehow think that this mental superpower, our imagination, is suspect when telling us more is coming than we know.
Spend with your future self in mind.
The challenge when it comes to spending is that we only know what has already happened. The beautiful thing about life, especially in a creative career, is that you really don’t know what is coming. You have an idea, you have a vision, you have an inkling, but until it happens, you have no idea what’s next.
Public enemy #1
When it comes to MONEY MONSTERS, it’s easy to fixate on all the ways they hold you back. The ways they keep you from things you are convinced are better than the ones you have.
Trust yourself.
After the learning lesson of life, it can be easy to second-guess yourself, especially when it comes to MONEY. This loop of self-judgement builds an environment where you may feel your choices are not the best. Your instincts are not to be trusted. Your impulses, too impulsive.
Feed yourself first.
y starving artist hustle, I often chose to skip a meal to save time and money. It seemed like sustenance was optional. SPOILER ALERT: it wasn’t.
Clean out your closet.
We buy what we need and sometimes what we want. We sometimes forget to go back and look at what we have.
Family funds your future.
The way your family dealt with MONEY is how you deal with MONEY. It is super simple. You mirror the relationship to abundance that was modeled to you as a child. You might ascribe to the ‘a penny saved is a penny earned’ and find spending on the little luxuries hard to justify. You mayContinue reading “Family funds your future.”
Spend some time with your MONEY.
MONEY likes quality time. It can grow while you are doing other things (and should) but it does need to be checked in on and cared for.
Loving the best version of yourself.
When it comes to investing in creating the life you dream, it can be hard to know who to please: past self or future self.