Your Relationship with Money

Have you ever stopped to consider your relationship with money? Now that you are considering it, how would you describe it?

Money tends to be tied closely to our emotions, but that is only because we have allowed it to become so. As we talked about yesterday, money itself is of no value except that which we give it, and in fact, much of the time it is simply represented by numbers that flash across our computer screen as we bank or purchase online.

Part of the yesterday's post covered the idea of separating yourself emotionally from money in order to look at things a little more clearly. What is interesting and helpful is to look at this as a relationship, and explore and acknowledge what you are bringing to that relationship. For example, are you reactionary? Do you feel strong and confident? Are you dependent and helpless?

Fellow blogger Lori from Illuminated Minds helps us see this in a recent brilliant post, by first pointing out some ideas about relationships, and then acknowledging her discovery that the same issues applied to her relationship with money. You can read her entry by clicking HERE.

I have heard countless stories from women who, having invested the time to explore and improve their relationship with money, have utterly transformed their financial lives (and their self-esteem in the process). Anyone can do this. YOU can do it.