Activities that Intensify Lack

Are you starting to feel a shift in your financial situation yet? If not, be sure to keep choosing the positive emotions as often as possible. It may take a little time to notice changes taking place, but the end result is well worth it!

Today we’re going to cover some destructive habits and activities that contribute to lack, and offer helpful suggestions for turning them around.

To start, I’d like to ask you a question: How do you treat your money?

If money was a person in your life, would he or she feel honored and loved; or abused, neglected and disrespected?

Ouch. If you’re like most people, your relationship with money could probably use a little tender loving care. Attracting more money into your life means learning to treat money with respect and kindness.

I know, you’re thinking, “What, respect and kindness for an inanimate object? Why?”

Because money is NOT an inanimate object at all! It is energy, remember? Even more importantly, it is a projection of YOUR energy. That means it is a part of you, and it has a life and intelligence all its own.

If someone treated you the way you treat your money, you probably wouldn’t stick around for more abuse, would you? Money won’t either.

Therefore, it is crucial to avoid these habits and activities where your money is concerned:

Excessive spending
Excessive debt
Reckless disregard for the importance of money
No savings plan
Financial disorganization
Poor planning

You see, the problem isn’t that you don’t have enough money. The true problem is that you are not managing your money in a way that attracts more of it!

Here are the best things you can do to begin honoring your money (and attracting more!).

1)Begin a savings plan immediately. It doesn’t matter if you can only spare a dollar or two each week, but begin setting aside money into a savings account right away. And do not touch that money for ANY reason! This step is very important because it puts you into the mind-set of “having money” – even if the amount you have isn’t a lot yet. The more you do this, the wealthier you’re going to feel as you remember that you’re not “living on the edge”.

2)Avoid spending money on anything that doesn’t contribute VALUE to your life. Do you really need that cute purse when you’ve already got a closet full of them? Do you really need more “toys” that will only gather dust when you tire of them in a few weeks? Instead, begin spending your money on things that will help you to grow and deepen as an individual. Buy books to expand your knowledge. Invest in business courses or career development programs. Better yet, begin contributing money to investment programs so it can grow and eventually work FOR you.

This doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the occasional treat. You can still enjoy nice things, but be very choosy about what they are and how often you buy them.

3)Get organized. If you haven’t balanced your checkbook in ages, or you have no idea how much debt you have, figure it out and create a plan for paying it off. The point of this exercise is not to make you feel bad, but to take responsibility for your financial situation. Trust me - you’ll feel much better when you have a clear understanding of where you stand right now, and a solid plan for getting somewhere better.

Those should keep you busy for awhile! Remember, you don’t have to do everything all at once. Starting small is okay. Eventually it all adds up!

November 21st, 2007