Can I Choose Anything?

I was reading about someone planning their wedding shower.  Their funds were unlimited so they started off with that frame of mind...

The bride said, "I would love to have those specialty cakes for the shower, and those petit sandwiches and the beautifully designed favors and those flowers, but they might be out of season, that's OK, right?"  It made my head spin.  Whatever your negative thoughts are to that scenario, those are some of your blocks to more money.

Why can't we "order from the catalog of life"?  Who told you that you couldn't?  Part of the equation is moving too far from your current state of money consciousness.  Jumping "into the deep end" without knowing how to swim works sometimes, like that "Hail Mary Pass" in football.  The more probable way to increasing our "abundance consciousness", though, it to take it a step at a time.

Our comfort level is on a spectrum.  Some people get stuck on, "really, she needs a 'specialty' cake??  OMG!" and other people are OK with that but we lose them at the "beautifully designed favors".  A few of us are fine with it all.  Why not?  You only live once, right?  That's great if you have the bank accounts to back it up.

Our "conditioning" about money comes from our childhood, our personal life experiences, our peer group and maybe a few other factors.  It's a lot to de-code but it starts with awareness.  Just write down your true feelings about extravagance and also have an awareness of what you consider extravagant.  It starts with information for the greater good of you.

We all deserve to have "Champagne Tastes and Caviar Dreams".  The work is partially mental and it is done a step at a time.  If you resent other people with more money, that is a block in itself; because if you don't think "they" deserve it, part of you doesn't believe "you" deserve it.

Growing up, we allotted little to no money for decorating for holidays.  Today, I still struggle with buying a pumpkin because it goes against my "conditioning".  I will do it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.  It doesn't make me a better person to have no decorations.  It makes me uncomfortable to splurge on those items, but I'm working on why that is.  (I splurge in other areas, though.)

We all have our money idiosyncrasies.  It is personal and emotional.  Working through them will allow more into our lives.  Our brains and bodies want us to be comfortable with our decisions.  We can alter where we are on the spectrum of money, so we become comfortable with more.

Have a great day!

xo
Conni