Last spring when I cleaned up my financial act and started managing my personal and business accounting more consistently, an interesting thing happened. My money began to multiply. I was also consciously working on shifting some negative beliefs about money. In fact that’s partly why I began to pay more attention to my bookkeeping.
It was a chicken and egg kind of thing. Money started to flow more easily into my life and I believe that was because I was consciously creating more positive beliefs about it. And as part of that process I realized that I had to be more aware of how much money was coming in and going out.
As I was more respectful of my money, I was more respectful of myself in general. How money shows up or doesn’t show up is often clearly related to self-appreciation and self-respect levels. No surprise, huh?
Once again the upward or downward spiral impacts so many areas of life. And once again the good news is that things snowball in a positive direction just as easily as in a negative direction.
Sometime late last summer I started to slack off with my bookkeeping. I was very busy with some new projects and let go of my new habit of recording my revenue and expenses on a consistent basis.
What happened? Yep, you guessed it! My revenue decreased and became more inconsistent. Now, I could come up with many reasons why that happened and they would all be true, but I really don’t think it was coincidental that my income dropped right after my attention to my finances started to slip.
So guess what else?
Yes….as part of my healing process that I am documenting in this blog, I am getting back in the habit of paying attention to my finances. Funny how it was one of that last elements for me to remember to address.
And today I was thinking about needing to be more respectful of my money and how that was a form of self respect.
It’s not too much of a stretch to imagine that people who have a deficiency of self-love could also have a deficiency of money. The big question is, what is the correlation between net-worth and self-worth?
If we don’t feel worthy, it makes sense that we wouldn’t let ourselves have money, doesn’t it? I’ve heard many self-development teachers refer to this phenomenon. It often shows up as self-sabotage. In other words, when someone who feels unworthy receives money, they either spend it immediately or they suddenly find themselves in a situation that creates an expense that takes that money away from them.
I have experienced this in my own life at various times. It’s fascinating to watch.
As part of this commitment to my healing I know it’s important to work on all areas of my life. Therefore, I have been doing a little tune-up on money beliefs in the last few weeks. Today I gave more attention to my financial records.
I am respecting myself and my money!
Now, I will prepare myself to receive more and more of it!
How about you?
How can you be more respectful and conscious of your financial wellbeing?
