Several thousands of people have heard this trite cliché throughout life, especially when it came to spending or talking about someone else's money, like your parents while your imagining what you can haul from the store during the "quick" shopping trip. I was almost desensitized to the cliché because growing up in my lower middle class family home there were several times money hit a cord with my parents which led to lectures on earning a living and understanding the value of money. So, like most obedient children you nod your head and recite back that you will work hard to earn what you have when you grow up. The true question wasn't answered though when this was told to me in the rhetorical manner. Yes, money does actually grow on trees. Duh! When I was young and heard that I would create the image of myself watering, trimming, and maintaining the growth and liveliness of my metaphorical tree aka my financial health.
Years later, after immersing myself in personal development media, I understood that my visions of cultivating a money tree showed my belief of working hard to to maintain, grow, and regenerate wealth. My parents had a "fixed" mindset that money cannot easily be possessed, like plucking leaves from a tree, and it was gained from either a high salaried occupation, lottery, inheritance, or all the above and plain luck. My growth mindset compared to my parents fixed one set the stage for my financial misconceptions and realizations.
She said, so She DID started from an anonymous challenge on a financial community group that sparked me to want to buckle down on my financial goals and get more serious with accomplishing them. I shared with friends and family about my financial desires but didn’t want that to be a main (unwanted) topic of conversation because when I nerd out I’m taking everyone with me. Despite the variety of personal finance media, I felt like there still weren't enough voices or Google betrayed me, again. I wanted to read more realistic stories of others planning, failing, succeeding, and prevailing in their financial journeys. It's great to read about the monumental feats hundreds of people accomplished to become debt free and financially independent, but I missed their early beginning stage of battling doubt and feigning assurance until they pushed themselves in the direction necessary for change.
I wanted to share my financial goals, early and recent financial blunders, and all tips, tricks, and voices that are helping me manifest my desires. Not all my highs and lows will be relatable but personal finance is just that, “personal.” We can listen to the same story and take away multiple different messages to aid our own individual path.
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