Positive Thought Towards Spending Money
Four years ago, I was at a place where I knew I wasn’t making enough money to stay balanced or feel comfortable. Had to spend money based on scale of preference and importance, I couldn’t afford to spend money on leisure or fancy things. This made me feel really sad, because when my friends invite me for hangouts I always had an excuse to give them. Outside is expensive when you can’t afford it, hanging out with your friends is expensive when you are living on a budget. But when you have enough money to take care of your bills, and save some for leisure, you won’t have a problem hanging out with friends.
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As humans we are sometimes too focused on our problems, especially problems we can’t control, unfortunately this slowly rubs us the excitement of life and the little things that makes us happy. When we are limited on cash resources, we low key neglect ourselves little happiness, it’s a subtle way of punishing ourselves that we don’t deserve it because we are not making enough money. For instance, you used to make $2,000 monthly but unfortunately you found yourself in a situation where you make $800 now instead of $2,000. You are unable to spend like you used to, you can’t save like you used to, you can only afford to spend money on the basic things like rent, food and transport. Over time we start feeling sad about ourselves and our lives and don’t feel the need spend money and time on leisure because we feel we haven’t earned it.
Back to my story from the top, when I was feeling bad about my low earnings and not rewarding myself because of it, I decided to change my thoughts and focus more on positive thoughts. I started treating myself nicely and telling myself that I deserve to feel better and treat myself better even though I wasn’t earning like I used to earn. This means buying myself that shoe or shirt that have been on my shopping cart draft for so long. Because if I can’t reward myself when I am making enough because I am always constantly focusing on making more, then when will I give myself the chance to reward myself? Always remember to treat yourself better and positive thoughts on yourself by spending some money on yourself sometimes.
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