12/13/2024
STOP GIVING YOUR POWER AWAY!!! Start practicing self-control and counscious decision making to transform your entire life!!!! It's about stopping to think before deciding ANYTHING! Do I really want that soda that I know is bad for me, and will trigger more sugar cravings, OR do I want the natural iced tea that I can add a bit of local honey to so it tastes just as good AND detoxes my body? HMMMM if the answer is still soda... go for it! That candy bar at the store counter looks enticing but at $2.50 I could go buy a bag of mini's that has 10x more for about $5. BUT if I spend the $5 will all the candy be gone in a few days, in which case, maybe I should just get the 1 bar at the higher price. The difference is now you've made a counscious decision, showing self-control to stop and think. Better choices are made when we stop to think and analyze the situation. It could lead to yes that dress is gorgeous and I'd love to buy it for the Christmas Party for $200 OR I could wear my solid red or green dress that I already have and make it look different by dressing it up with a $30 scarf which gives me $170 left so I'm going to put $150 in my savings, $5 for toys for tots, $5 for that massage chair at the mall, while sippin on my $7 dunks coffee. The dress gives you 1 night of albeit looking great but then what do you do with it cuz you won't wear it again next year. The later gives you a new look for a current dress, a scarf you can wear with other things to get alot more use out of it, $150 emergency fund, a small feel good for helping kids have a better christmas, a mini massage AND a treat. It's not about how much you have, it's about how you use what you have to make the most out of it! Hate your kitchen... spend $75k on upgrades OR paint the walls $35, stick on kitchen backsplash $75, floor tiles $300, new light $250, new faucet $300, new outlets & switches $200 and bam kitchen looks totally new for about $1,200. Take it one step further and for another $1,200 you can get a new countertop, add another $100 for cabinet paint and now you've spent about $2,500 and your kitchen is COMPLETELY different! Don't want to do the work, don't have time, or don't know how.... hire a handyman for about $5k and you still saved atleast $65,000!!! Put that savings in the S&P 500 and you can expect an average return of 10% per year! In less than 2 years your investment paid for your new kitchen so financially you've been made whole BUT still have a much nicer kitchen. You can always do the full remodel when this economy calms tf down OR when your $65k investment nets enough to pay for it! ****this is NOT professional advice this is just my personal opinion based on my experiences***
