Moneyzine -
May 2008 Issue
Gratitude
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The article for this month is about one of the easiest and most inexpensive
ways to transform your money. It's about Gratitude and how something as simple
as acknowledging and sharing what you are grateful for in your life right now
can increase your bottom line and should be a big part of your money management
plan!
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Till Next Month,
Melanie Fine, CPA
Plan a benchmark celebration into your
money management plan. For example, once you have paid off credit card x,
you will celebrate with taking your family rollerblading in the park. Or you
could work the celebrations into your money management plan by planning to
purchase one of those "things
that you can't live without" (like your cafe mocha locha, a new pair of
shoes or the new CD you want.). But make sure you account for it in your plan
so that you don't create more debt to celebrate. That just defeats the purpose.
By planning this celebration it gives you motivation and something to work
towards in the short term while working towards your long term.
"The thing about performance, even if
it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do
contain within ourselves infinite possibilities."
Sydney Smith, English Clergyman, 1771-1845
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A woman proudly told her friend, "I'm responsible for making my
husband a millionaire." "Well what was he before he married you?" the friend
asked. "A billionaire."
Do you have any great jokes about money, or money and
relationships? Submit them on our
Funny Money Page.
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Gratitude - An easy step to implement in having power
and freedom with money!
When I talk to people who are
worried about their money situation or feel like it is hopeless, I ask them what
are they grateful for? Sometimes they say “Nothing! Nothing in my life goes
well. I am always struggling. I can’t seem to makes ends meet!” Others say,
“Hmmmm I don’t know”, while others say “I am grateful for my family, but
everything else sucks.” What is interesting is that being grateful every day
for something can have a dramatic effect on your bottom line.
The book and DVD “The Secret”, by
Prime Time Productions in Australia, has become an international blowout
success. It has been seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, The Ellen
Degeneres Show and pretty much every morning news show out there. I am amazed
by how I can’t go into a bookstore or have a conversation anymore without
someone mentioning “The Secret”. (If you are one of the few people who haven’t
heard of it, you can check it out at
www.thesecret.tv).
The principle premise in the “The
Secret” is The Law of Attraction. Said simply, it is that ‘like attracts
like’. You can see this law in nature, in relationships, and in success. Have
you ever wondered how successful people continually have success in their life?
In my own life I see it with my friends who are positive, upbeat and
successful. They attract positive, upbeat and successful people into their
lives. They also attract success to their lives. People who are grateful for
what they have, attract more of what they are grateful for.
Whether you believe it or not,
one part of it rings true and makes a lot of sense to me. Being grateful is more
fun and feels much better then not being grateful. So if we apply the Law of
Attraction to your money and being grateful for it, it goes without saying that
you will attract more of it into your life. If you focus on debt or chaos with
your money you will attract more debt and chaos into your life. This is why
people in debt never seem to get out of debt! If you are sick and complain and
feel horrible all the time, guess what you have, sickness, complaints and
horrible feelings! If you have love and happiness in your life and you focus on
and are grateful for it, you will have more love and happiness coming your
way! If you are thankful for what money and opportunities you have, it goes to
say that more money and opportunities will come into your life. You will be
surprised by what can happen.
So if you focus on what you are
grateful for every day and celebrate every win you have, according to the Law of
Attraction you will have more of what you are grateful for! This makes sense.
Think about the last time you did something for someone and they were really
grateful to you? Aren’t you more inclined to give them more? Their gratitude
reinforces your giving.
All this to say: focus on and
appreciate what you have. Actually put a structure in place to be grateful every
day. Each day write it down in a journal, talk to yourself about it in the
shower, tell three people a day, or make it a practice at your family breakfast
or dinner table. Be thankful for your family, your home, your money, your job,
your friends, your resources.
Try this on: be thankful for
things you don’t yet/even have, and soon your bottom line will increase as you
attract it all into your life!
“None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude.
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear
of bankruptcy.”
-Fred De Witt Van Amburgh (born 1866)
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To find more Tips on saving money, or to add your ideas, please check out our
Best
Ways to Save Money Page.
Plan your Meals.
15 minutes of planning your meals at the beginning of each week will stop you
from dining out unnecessarily. You will buy only what you need at the grocery
store and may even stop "wasting" food that spoils. (you will most likely eat
healthier too!)
Turn your thermostat down (or up in the summer) when you travel.
If no one is home for a few days, weeks or even months, then turn the
thermostat to a lower temperature in the winter, and a higher one in the summer
to save energy costs (and it's a great green idea too!). For more info
click here.
Wait for the DVD to come out.
These days the DVD's to most movies come out just a few months after the feature
film. Rent it for about $4.00 and have a movie night at home instead of paying
at least $20 for 2 people plus popcorn etc.
Do you have any Money Saving Tips you would like to share?
Please
send them by filling out the form and we will publish them on the site.
Also check out our new page
Frugal Foods to
learn how to be frugal when buying and preparing food.
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