Posted on : 25-07-2009 | By : Don | In : Financial Services
Money circulates and as individuals, you have only temporary use of it, never full possession. To kid yourself that you possess money just because you keep it buried in the bank is ludicrous and self-defeating. The money goes round and round and it stimulates the economy as it circulates, thus providing more opportunities for you to make more money. Perhaps it will take a bit more courage to use your money when you don’t have a lot, but that courage will be repaid over and over again as long as you obey certain money rules. Here are those rules:
1. Balance your necessary expenses with pleasurable spending. Sure, you want to earn so you’d have something to put those necessary expenses away with. But if you spend money only on things that are ordinary and mundane, you wouldn’t be very happy and your subconscious won’t be very inspired either to produce more money for you. So it’s necessary for you to balance your necessary expenses with pleasurable spending. It won’t only be good for your well-being; it would also send the correct signal of encouragement that your receptive brain needs to receive.
2. Experience your money as a current event, rather than as future purchasing power. It’s probably a natural tendency for people to want to put away as much money as they can for safekeeping. But until you already have more money than you know what to do with, using and enjoying now most of what you have is the most sensible thing to do. What with these inflationary times, your money put away and taken out ten years from now will never buy you then what you could have bought right now. And people who toil all their lives and save everything for their old age are making a big mistake. How can you possibly still enjoy the fruits of your labor when you’re already too old, perhaps already half-blind and stricken with arthritis, or maybe even already senile? No, it’s best to make good use of your money now, while you’re still young and capable — rather than reserve it for the unforeseen and unsure future.
3. Love yourself enough to realize that you deserve the best. You deserve to wear good clothes, live in a well-furnished home in a pleasant environment, buy the best-made products, and do all of the things supposedly reserved only for people of extreme wealth. You may have to do it in moderation: for example, replacing three or four not-so-fine outfits with just one expensive but really good selection, but it will be more than worth it in terms of quality, durability, and — your self-image.
