Regardless of one’s income, everyone has a personal relationship with money.
Some people have a solid monthly income, but still experience feelings of worry and anxiety when thinking about the future and whether the money they have earned (or will earn) over the years will be enough as they grow older.
But the emotions evoked by money often have absolutely nothing to do with objective security. Worse: The behaviors, habits, or even principles of people who impose them on a daily basis tend to be very different from those related to money.
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An unhealthy relationship with money can do more harm than the purely subjective definition of not being rich. Now, don’t get me wrong: your relationship to money can be totally different than your lifestyle: you may be an adventurous person, but when it comes to money, you don’t take any risks. Or, vice versa, you know that your monthly solid income is more than enough to cover your bills, and you don’t have much outdoor hobbies anyway, so why not having some fun and gamble with the rest on the stock market?
Both examples have something important in common: your external lifestyle is not affected.
So, what do I mean with an unhealthy relationship being dangerous?
Well, simple: as long as you don’t think about what money really means to you as a tool, you are not likely to make solid decisions in the long-term, or, to look at it from the other side: in the long-term, destructive behavior will add up with, worst case scenario, no chance to turn it around anymore.
Now, the sad truth is: This is nothing new for you. Intellectually we all know the so called “secrets” to be financially secure: get a good job, spend less, save more, create a plan and keep track etc.
And still we are where we are. Why is that?
The answer is that these issues are only external approaches. But to complete the picture, we need a similar approach from the inside out, too. As long as we don’t have a structure, both inside and outside, we will struggle. So, thinking positive alone about money won’t help you either, when your external habits do not match that belief system.
But this puts you in a good position, because every action starts from the inside. So let’s first explore what behavior we are used to when it comes to money. Throughout our lifetime all of our beliefs and experiences have been conditioned by the outside world, we have been shaped by our experiences or maybe by the experiences of others. Therefore, our subconscious mind also has a certain point of view about money.
So how does your point of view about money matches reality? More importantly: If it not matches reality because your current lifestyle or your desired lifestyle is not congruent to your financial numbers, how are you doing?
Happiness is always an inside job, making money is always an outside job. Don’t confuse them.