My hot tip? Start early and invest.
Time and compounding builds wealth.
But you don’t need to have a lot of money to create generational wealth.
You can teach your children wealth building skills… good money habits and money hygiene.
With any kind of generational wealth, the key is passing on knowledge so new wealth can be created and old wealth can continue to grow.
But just as important?
Creating relationships.
Pass down the skill of being there for the people you love.
In the zombie apocalypse (or pandemic or crashing of the economy) who is going to thrive?
People with friends who will lend a hand.
People who know and are trusted by people.
That is wealth that can’t be lost in a downturn.
Relationships help create financial wealth.
And relationships are the wealth.
I have little scraps of paper all over my desk.
I hear something that resonates with me, and I jot it down.
Then I find it sometime later.
This one stayed with me:
What if the question isn’t money and the answers are here in our bodies?
A lot of our questions are about money.
“How do I make more?”
“How will I have enough to pay my bills?”
“Why are other people ahead of me?”
But what if money is not the question?
Instead of, “How do I get more?”, what if the question is “How do I live a bigger life?”
Or even, “How do I live a life that excites and delights me?”
What does your inner craving really want to know?
And what if the answer is here… in our bodies?
Our bodies are incredible truth tellers, even when our minds are lying to us.
When you get quiet and clear your mind, what does your body say?
Feel into it, from your tingly fingers to your tense shoulders.
We call it a gut feeling.
But it’s really sensations all through our bodies.
Any time you have a money problem try this:
Look for the real, underlying question, then feel into your sensations.
Get out of your head and into your experience.
Are you taking care of your mental health?
You may read that question and jump right to, “Of course.”
You would reach out for help if you were in crisis.
You have no bias against people who seek help for their mental health.
But let me offer you this:
Our society doesn’t encourage
or define
or even acknowledge basic mental health maintenance.
We commonly think thoughts like, “Oh, how could I be so stupid?” (I am stupid.)
Or, “Let me avoid being in the photo while I am bloated.” (I am less than I should be.)
Or, “I really should have saved more for retirement.” (I need to meet some outward, undefined goal.)
We think of these as little course corrections.
These thoughts are just mental notes of what to focus on.
They are a renewal of our intentions.
But they are not.
These thoughts are judgy.
And critical.
They chip away at our mental health.
They are death by a thousand cuts.
Any time you use the word, “should,” it’s a red flag.
Mental health is self-care.
We mistreat ourselves in tiny little ways all the time and don’t think anything of it.
Instead, try taking care of your mental health by noticing your stream of thought.
Self-care is caring for how you talk about yourself.
Be gentle with yourself, my friend.
Take care.
You are precious.