Budgeting is an evil word for most of us.
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It renders images of deprivation, of telling ourselves we “can’t have that,” “we can’t do this,” “we can’t afford that.”
Listen to the inner messages those statements are making: “we’re poor, we’re a loser, we’re broke, we failed, life is filled with doom and gloom, do not pass go, do not collect $200…”
How long will it be before we’re back at the mall or going out to eat to rub healing salve on these
harmful statements?
I recently read a favorite blog of mine and the readers were talking about setting a strict budget and sticking to it. I was afraid I was going to get my knuckles rapped.
We all know that for most of us that just won’t work.
So, what do we do? Read the rest of this entry »
