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If some is good, more must be better, right?

In our culture we are so accustomed to messages that tell us that bigger, taller, and faster is better. We need more of this, that and the other. A quarter pound hamburger is good. Surely the half pound must be better. We super size everything from our food to our houses, in an attempt to satisfy our emotional needs and wants.

Avoiding is Obsessing

What is it about human beings that typically we only have a binary view of money? We either make it into an idol or label it evil. For most of us it is the reason we do what we do, whether our choices lead us in the pursuit or the avoidance of money.

Partnership

Who are the important partners in your life and, in particular, your financial life? Your spouse? Your parents? Your boss or place of employment? Your clients?

The funny thing about money is that we often get so tied up in our heads with the partnering, planning, preparing and implementation of our “financial strategies” that we rarely begin at the beginning.

Loving Discipline

I am basking in the satisfaction of having completed my income tax filing this weekend. I am feeling quite organized and accomplished in my financial life having completed this task well in advance of the deadline. In my glow of triumph, I was sitting and thinking about how wonderful the fruits of discipline actually are.