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This weeks topic is – MONEY
Sooooooo, this is a hard one, where do I begin?!?! I’ll be honest with you, I wasn’t even going to write on this topic because I found it sooooo hard but, I hate giving up! I started this post a week ago and all I came up with was the title! Why is talking about and writing about money so hard, I still can’t figure it out, all I can think is maybe because it’s such a personal thing?!?! I really don’t know! It’s that much of a tough subject that I can’t even think of an anagram for it!!! (Sorry for all the question marks and exclamation marks in the opening sentences but, this is tough!).
So, I’m just going to make a list of my thoughts on money (sorry if I just waffle on and on and on and on)…
I guess money for me is having enough of it to live a nice and comfortable life – meaning I can buy the things I NEED and WANT in my life without having to feel guilty about spending my hard earned cash.
I worry a lot about every aspect of my life, even when I don’t need to and especially about money, I hate thinking about not having enough of it to pay bills and buy my essentials like food and toiletries but, as I’ve got older I’ve learnt to trust in God and the universe to give me at least enough to get by with. I’ve also learnt to be grateful for whatever money I do earn and have as, there are people who don’t have half as much as I do.
I don’t think it’s bad or greedy to want more money in life, especially if you work hard for it, because if you don’t want more of it you won’t progress in your life and career – and that’s what life is about, progression and being and doing the best you can.
It’s really important for me to give back, so each month I donate 10% of my wages to causes close to my heart – for example, I like to give back to my local Sikh temples/gurdwaras as all food and drink is free for anyone of any background to have, I donate money when friends and family members do charity walks and runs, I give away my old clothes to charity shops rather than selling them at boot fairs – the way I see it is the more I earn, the more I can donate.
I’ve had some jobs that I haven’t really enjoyed either because they were boring or they didn’t challenge me but, I had to do them to make money. Looking back now I’m glad I did those jobs while I was young as, each job has taught me skills about myself and other people and I am now able to use them in my own business.
Just like life is a learning curve so is handling money – in my 20s when I first started earning a proper full time wage, I would spend it without even thinking about it (even though I always worried about it!) and buying things made me so happy, I’d get butterflies just thinking of the new clothes I was going to buy but, as I’ve got older and am in my first year of my 30s I’ve really realised the value of it and how important it is to save, not just for a rainy day but so I can start my creative projects and make more money and feel happy and satisfied from my achievements and being able to pay myself a wage from things I’ve managed to create is just the icing on the cake.
I think money means different things to different people, your upbringing and background can play a big part on how you perceive the value of it. My experience from 30 years on this earth have shown me how the world has changed immensely from decade to decade. The first 10 years were very family orientated, we didn’t need much money apart from paying for bills, food and water, life seemed very community orientated everyone would pitch in and help each other out, friends and family would all get together at the drop of a hat and us kids would just entertain ourselves by making up our own games. The next decade seemed similar to the previous one, but naturally as you get older you want more things but, we would work for our pocket money by doing odd jobs and that money would go along way. And now it seems like whatever money we do have is never enough, although the world is improving with new technology and better services, this all comes at a cost and each year the cost of living seems to be increasing. All I can take away from this is to enjoy the job and work you do, be thankful for any amount of money you earn and live for the moment as the past is the past and we can’t recreate it. Let’s move forward with the knowledge that things in the future will change and the value of money will be very different in the next decade compared to now so, keep hustling and rack those pounds up!!!
What are your thoughts on money? Don’t know what to write about? Feel free to use these prompts to get you started! Or, if you’d like to take a different route, you could create a video, a painting, a comic strip, a collage… anything that relates to the topic at hand!
Money:
- Do you trust that if you do what you love, the money will follow? Why or why not?
- How have you stepped into your own worth – or why are you resistant to it?
- What’s your biggest roadblock to feeling that you’re getting what you’re worth?
- How have you attracted more money into your life?
- What’s your personal declaration around money?