You’re allowed to feel wealthy right now, and you don’t need a finance degree to figure it out. All you have to do is find one super simple, small, repeatable step to make you feel great.
My one tip to understanding what makes you feel wealthy: you have to figure it out for yourself. Don’t waste your energy trying to feel wealthy the way someone else does. Find one small thing that works for you.
For instance, having fresh flower on a clear dresser makes me feel wealthy. The bouquet doesn’t have to be fancy. Regular fresh flower on a clear dresser is my “picture” of wealth. But for my husband, fresh flowers do not mean anything at all. He knows I like them, and he’s happy for me, but he couldn’t care less.
I’ve noticed a lot of folks feel they need to wait until they’ve hit an income level before they get the things that make them feel wealthy. I can assure you this is completely unnecessary. Small, repeatable, simple acts of wealth can start for anyone at any financial or life stage.
Steps to make simple “feel great” wealth progress
1 Pick a small item that makes you feel wealthy. You can substitute “fancy” or “great” for wealth, if that helps.
Ex: Fresh flowers = wealth for me.
2 Get really specific on the thing that makes you feel wealthy. Think, what/when/where.
Ex: Fresh flowers on a clear dresser that are refreshed every week = wealthy for me.
3 Figure out the simplest possible way to make that happen. If you were explaining a task to a 5-year-old, what might that look like? This is where we get hung up so frequently! Don’t let it stop you, though.
Ex: (1) I took everything off the dresser and put it in a box – some of it I dealt with immediately, some of it later. (2) I wiped the dresser down with a cloth. (3) I found a couple vases and ensured they were easy to access. (4) I added a low-cost grocery store bouquet to my regular grocery purchase each week. (5) When the new bouquet arrives, I switch it out. I also grab anything cluttering up the dresser and repeat step #1.
4 Repeat.
Tip: I linked the thing I wanted to an existing behavior to make it easy to repeat.
Simple, small, repeatable actions can help train you to figure out what is important to you, and to align your ever-day behaviors with those areas. Over time, these simple, small, repeatable actions will help you make faster and better financial decisions as you practice aligning your values and money. I hope you try it out!
Interested in some more help with figuring out how to feel great about money in a way that works for you? You can check out financial alignment coaching or my financial forgiveness course here.
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