My Story Was That Money Was Evil

Even though I could tell at the time that it was sort of ridiculous, I couldn’t stop myself.

I had just missed a supervision call as part of my coaching certification and I was going to be charged around $200USD.

And I was just kicking the sh*t out of myself.

You should (not) have heard the self-talk going on. Or worse, the emotions underneath the talk. We can often argue with thoughts, but feelings are a whole other ballgame.

It wasn’t healthy.

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A friend recently asked “If your relationship with money was like a relationship with a person, what would it be?”

One woman said, “It’s a booty call, cause it’s great when it’s here, but it isn’t always around when I need it.”

Another person said, “It’s the thrill of the chase, the initial courtship stages where we’re trying to figure out what each of us wants.”

And I said, “Mine is like a broken marriage, because we’re always around each other, but we sort of hate each other.”

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Both stories illustrate the same point - I have had a bit of a messed up relationship with money.

I learned a lot from examining this story.

I was telling myself that money was a bit evil…

Because I wasn’t happy.

And I blamed not being happy on my job. And I did my job for money. So, in my mind, this need for money was causing me to be unhappy.

So I wasn’t the biggest fan of spending it, and it was torture to waste it. After all, if I wasted it, then I was wasting the suffering that I had endured to earn it.

Not a super healthy thought process, eh?

But it can be changed. I have changed it. And it’s made a big difference in my life to have changed it.

Everyone has their own story with money. What are you telling yourself about money that is influencing your decision making?

We discuss this and more on this week’s episode.

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