What are your money myths?

What beliefs do you hold about money?
Do you know if they are based in truth?
Could our views about money make all the difference whether we have any or not? I think that the secret feelings we have about money are very important. I found out that some of my beliefs were not all true.
Read on...

Last year I came upon an interesting book excerpt by Loral Langemeier, author of The Millionare Maker: Think, Act and Make Money the Way the Wealthy Do.

The article helped me to see that my money myths were hurting me more than I knew. I believed all kind of things like money comes to those who deserve it. Well, when I grew up, in a small Ohio town, I could think of no one else that deserved it more than my family. We went to church, helped those less fortunate, did all the right things, but our 'ship failed to come in'.
When I read and excerpt of this book, I found that there were quite a few things that I believed about money that were helping to hold me back.
I believed things like...

1. Money is scarce-weren't we told ”A penny saved is a penny earned,” “Don’t dip into savings,” or “We can’t afford it”. How many times did your Mom or Dad tell you "Money doesn't grow own trees!".
2. Money is evil, dirty, or bad.
3. Money comes monthly- how many times have we said that we had more month than money?
4. Money is not for me.
5. Money is a man thing.
6. Money is good medicine-I have had my share of 'retail therapy'
7. Money is always a menace
8. Money talk is taboo

How many of these statements rang true for you? One? Two? All? I held quite a few. Now, don't get me wrong. If these are beliefs that are working for you, great! But these believes show me that I may have some conditioning toward money that is hindering my success. Maybe a change in mindset could serve you and me much better.
Here are eight alternative beliefs that I am working to adopt into my life. I am going to-

1. Change “money is scarce” to “money is abundant” . This will help me support a courageous relationship to money.

2. Change “money is evil, dirty, or bad” to “money is good and acceptable” and create a hands-on relationship to money.

3. Change “money comes monthly” to “money comes from a range of sources” and create an opportunistic relationship to money.

4. Change “money is not for me” to “who better than me for money to come to” and create an empowered relationship to money.

5. Change “money is a man thing” to “I can and will know about and understand money,” and create a thoughtful relationship to money.

6. Change “money is good medicine” to “money is a tool to help make my life better” and create a respectful and concerned relationship to money.

7. Change “money is a menace” to “money is a solution” and create a positive relationship to money.

8. Change “money talk is taboo” to “money talk is vital” and create a knowledgeable relationship to money.

Whew! I see that I have a lot of work to do. Maybe we can help each other and heal our money relationships. We have nothing to lose but scarcity and lack. Let's start today.

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I have had so many ideas come through my head in the last few days, and for every idea I had a corresponding question.

• What would I write about?
• How would I tell my friends and family about the blog?
• How could I make this a rewarding experience and translate my dreams into a workable reality?

Lots of questions! I took a few days off from writing, to get a handle on all of this. I mean, I always wanted to be a writer, but somehow life got in the way. Could I, at my age, learn to express myself in a way that others would want to read and to foster a discussion that would be valuable? What about money; my main topic source? Could I use this blog to generate some?

Well, I guess the Universe was listening and decided to send me some help...

I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

• The best blogging techniques.
• How to get traffic to your blog.
• How to turn your blog into money.

I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.

Gotta go to school now. See ya soon!

Can you Believe...?

I am so thrilled to be here...This is my first blog, though not my first collection of thoughts. I have scatterings of bits of thoughts and life questions scribbled on notebooks, cash register slips, etc. ; random sheets of snippets of the things that run through my head, stuffed in my wallet, on the fridge, tucked away safely so that I would not forget how I felt at those very moments,.
Finally a home.
I call myself the Money Minded Mommy. This is new for me, because I used to say the word money in hushed tones, glancing over my shoulder to see who was listening to make sure that I did not offend anyone. So scared of the word. Well, what you fear and loathe you repel. And I had little of it, let me tell you!!
That high ideal that living above the need for wealth and the trappings of it (cue orchestra) changed on 07/02/2003, when the 'Young Prince' entered my life.
Did you know that children neither eat nor wear high ideals? Wow, fancy that. That was the beginning of my re-education about money minded things.
I want to share them with you...
Stay tuned.