One thing I’ve been struggling with lately is my attitude towards money, as I work to shift from a scarcity mentality to an abundance mentality. I’ve done all the usual affirmations, positioning of symbols where I would see them, Feng Shui reorganization – all externals.
And now for the really hard part – what goes on in my head. About a week ago I had a vivid memory of something that happened in the mid-70’s. I ran into a colleague from my first job who said, "I remember you – you were always worrying about your student load." In that moment, I realized that I had over 30 years of negative thinking to shift. With recognition comes the ability to change, so I’m excited by this discovery. And ready to get to work.
Right now, like many others in the early stages of retirement, I’m determined to build my resources. So, my shift has two parts:
1. I have enough. I have always had enough. I will always have enough. All those little and big fear demons can take a hike. I refuse to feel financial fear and will work to increase my financial knowledge and capability to ensure that I have more than enough.
2. I have the ability to create even greater abundance. I love my possessions, and they are more than enough – whether a new piece of jewelry or an old spatula that belonged to my grandmother – to bring me joy when I look at them. I will cherish them and use them as a reference point when considering something new. I plan to look at the price tag and think of how I can add this sum to my emerging portfolio. Fiscal responsibility.
Why this post now? I was checking in on Donna Karlin’s Perspectives blog this morning and read her post on Letting Go of Expectations. She said, This afternoon I was tagged by Robyn McMaster for the "Think Different Challenge ." It made me think and it made me want to share the challenge. You can click through to Robyn’s blog or read on. At the end, you’ll find some people I’ve tagged who I hope will jump in!
The Challenge…
The Think Different Challenge is all about finding something in your life you currently have negative thoughts or feelings toward (e.g. work or your mother-in-law), and deciding to look at it differently. It is about realizing that some things are just a part of life, so we may as well try to find the positives in them. Seth Godin
- Write a new blog post in which you “think different”. Follow my suggestions above, or be a bit different and interpret the challenge the way you want .
- State that the post is a part of the Think Different Challenge and include a link and/ or trackback to this post so that readers know the rules of the challenge. Feel free to use the above banner (inspired, of course, by
- Include a link and/ or trackback to the blogger who tagged you.
- At the end of your post, go ahead and tag some fellow bloggers. Don’t forget to email them to let them know they have been tagged.
- That’s it! Just sit back and enjoy reading peoples’ responses to the challenge.
So to keep this going, I Tag:
Leah Belair, http://www.leadingfromthefuture.com/
Bea Fields, http://www.fivestarleader.com/fivestarleaderblog/
Ronni Bennett, http://www.timegoesby.net/
Bethene LeMahieu, http://www.senseiandsensibility.com/
If you weren’t tagged, but would like to participate, please go ahead and write a post that fits in with the challenge. Thanks for playing!
1 response so far ↓
Don // December 30, 2007 at 8:04 pm |
I too know this brave woman and I am very, very frightened. Am I frightened for her? No is my answer. I am frightened for me. If that sounds a little or a lot selfish, so be it. I have my reasons. Without this woman in my life, I would be, in a Biblical sense, sentenced to wander for the rest of my life. She has given me direction. I met this woman in June of 1967 and married her that September. Who says that love at first sight is a pipedream. For the last forty years she has kept me, more or less, on the straight and narrow, challenged me to do things I did not think were possible and probaby saved my life when she issued an ultimatum in 1970 about a war that was raging in a far away place. I accepted the ultimatum because I am still here. But trust me, if it were not for her, I would not be here. I am dedicated to enlist in this new war. Together we will fight this demon known as Cancer and together we will defeat it. Our motto is “anything is possible”. By the way Susan, she runs me ragged too.