Deeper Than Money

Every year I write a list of things I want to do while I'm a certain age. This year I wrote 23 things I wanted to do while 23. In this episode I read you my list and tell you which things I accomplished and which things I didn't. 

10 books I read this year:

1. Girl Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
2. Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
3. Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
4. You Are a Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero
5. The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
6. The Joy of Missing Out by Tonya Dalton
7. Everyday Millionaires by Chris Hogan
8. Why She Buys by Bridget Brennan
9. Go Giver by Bob Burg
10. Grit by Angela Duckworth

What Orange Theory taught me about comparing results vs. initial planning

How you should decipher if you should do something or outsource/get help 

How your ego is shitting on the results you dream about.

Why would you loving something, be a reason to not get paid for it? 

It comes from the belief that making money HAS to be hard. 

Does making money have to be hard? 

The answer, if you choose, can be no. No, it doesn't have to be hard to make money. 

Yes, you can be compensated, and highly compensated for doing what you love. 

ALL of your results are driven from your beliefs. 

Identifying your beliefs and then choosing a new belief is everything. 

So, here's your reminder that making money can be fun & easy. Ask yourself today...what would it look like in my life if making money was fun and easy?

I want you to have huge crazy goals but you also have to set those small milestones to have quick momentum. Achieving small, bite-size goals allows you to keep your focus and momentum along with a positive attitude.

Your tax return isn't free money

What the government doesn't want you to know

How to get more money on your paychecks today 

My CPA: [email protected]

Is it wrong to want nice things? 

NO. 

Not only do I believe that it's not wrong to desire more...I believe it's wrong of you to NOT desire more. I think it's your freaking DUTY to want more. And here's why. 

If you are living pay check to paycheck...how much can you donate to the church? Let's say you're making $30,000 and you try really really hard to donate 10% but some months, you don't even know how you're making the rent payment so you realistically only donate 5% = $1,500.

If you become a millionaire, even if you stayed only donating 5%....that's $50,000 you're donating to your church. Let's say, since you figured out your finances, that you can now donate 10%...that's 100,000......HOW MUCH MORE OF AN IMPACT DOES THAT MAKE?

When you, as a wonderful, good-hearted human being, become wealth AF, everyone around you thrives. Your community thrives, your fav org's thrive. EVERYONE WINS. 

When you are out of survival mode and you start thriving...your overflow of money, pours into those around you.

You're here for more than surviving. You're here to thrive. 

OPTIMIZE > SACRIFICE

When I first started finances.... I was a BIG sacrifice girl.

Tangible tips to optimize without sacrifice:

-Youtube tv/firestick instead of cable
-Aldi instead of targe
-Make a grocery list
-Wash fruits & veggies + freeze when getting close
-Canceling gym membership if you don't use it & doing free classes--traveling (day pass fo free)
-Check on work discounts
-Library for book + DVD rentals
-Buy a nice lil coffee maker to pay off in long run
-Negotiating (DUH)
-Ibotta
-Energy costs (turn air down while you are at work or out of town)
-Sell ya old clothes
-Invite friends over
-Switch banks 

Did you guys ever have 3 way calls with your girlfriends in 7th grade?

Imagine if your money was on a 3 way call with you and your boyfriend, or mom or sister or best friend. 

Imagine if money was a person & could sit and listened to you talk shit about it. 

Your language around money is important and impactful on the way money shows up in your life. 

If you are negative, unappreciative, complaining and mad when other people have money...that doesn't attract more money to you. 

Remember that money could be listening in on your 3 way call & make it a good call to listen in on. 

Thanks for tuning in & remember to screenshot & tag me on Instagram! 

For most people, their favorite cocktail is either vision OR action, but not a 50/50 shaken not stirred mix of the two. 

So through this podcast, I am going to have a mix of vision based content--beliefs, mindset, inner-childhood scars, dreams & motivation. 

And I am also going to have a mix of action based content--tangible tips, the process, the numbered steps, the logic. 

Whichever you lean more toward naturally, take the time to listen to the others as well. 

Today's pod is all about ACTION.

It only makes complete sense that I choose my favorite thing to talk about on this 1st episode, because it also happens to be one of the top things sabotaging most millennials. 

And here it is: *cue the trumpet into of trumpets by Jason Derulo* You don't believe your dreams are possible. 

Here's the bottom line. I can tell you all my secrets about budgeting. I can teach you how to save like it's nobody's biz-nez. 

But for today, I want to remind you: 

Your dream isn't stupid

and damn it! your dream isn't impossible either. 

So, hold onto it. 

Hold onto that dream because all the tactical tips you are going to learn from this podcast will move you closer to that dream, but only if you believe it's yours.