It all started with being broke.
I’m not a spender. It’s painful for me to spend money, but especially money I feel like I don’t have and it was a continuous cycle of borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Debt is a huge burden for me and I got so that I loathed the weight of it.
Money is a crazy thing. It lies underneath almost every daily decision you make. I couldn’t even go to the grocery store without carrying the weight. The day I couldn’t pay for my groceries and had to leave behind a full cart of already scanned and bagged goods is a day I will never forget.
But I will also never forget the bill collectors phoning so often we quit answering the phone. I won’t forget how it felt when the tv, phones, power or gas would be shut off and the kids would ask if we had paid the bill.
It was mortifying to me, and I lived in a constant state of fear because we were never free and clear. There was always another bill looming, another bill collector phoning, and another service on the brink of being shut off.
They say you can’t solve money problems with money, so I started trying to figure out what the problem was. I had always dabbled in personal growth, even as a child, and I believed with all of my heart that once you get the inside right, the outside would fall into place.
So I went gang busters. I spent 100s of hours listening to talks, reading books, trying to figure out what was happening and where we were going wrong. Because money infiltrated into everything, I had to uncover, learn, dig into, and try to understand so many different areas.
Fast forward to today.
It’s been the journey of a million aha! moments.
Along the way I have developed a level of self awareness that I am exceptionally grateful for. I notice how something feels and I can choose what feels good and what feels right. I also notice when something feels wrong, and I have learned to use this as guidance.
The questions in my mind don’t revolve around whether or not I can afford this or that. The questions in my mind now ask how something makes me feel.
Deeper and clearer self awareness has become the foundation for what I have built my new life on. It is where intuition and better decision making lie, it’s how your heart speaks to you, it’s how you find and follow your joy and bliss, it’s where you find the guidance to be on the right path.
My self awareness deepens with every new tid-bit I learn, every aha! moment, every experience I have, every new person I interact with, and every challenge I overcome. I just keep adding one more piece to the puzzle over and over, and each time I uncover something new it feels like a gift I’ve given myself, it’s another clue that makes my journey more meaningful and a little easier to navigate.
Self awareness is the path to inner peace.
I am offering an evening in January where we can gather in person to dive deeper into self awareness and I would love for you to join me.
Here is a quick and transparent FAQ:
Where? In Airdrie, Alberta
When? January 24, 2017 from 6:30-8:30 pm
Who’s it For? Truth seekers and anyone who enjoys finding the why. If you want to apply some of what I write about, this is where we are going to explore that.
Why? I believe self awareness is the keystone to creating the life you want and we need experiences and other people to help us sort it out.
How Much Does It Cost? $40. This is pilot project pricing while I figure out what format works. In other words, if this works I will be raising the price later.
If you would like to come, please sign up here.