What a #WisdomWednesday it has been. I am exhausted and I have been mentally debating with myself whether or not to skip my blog post for today. I have since decided to write something just to show you that I too get tired and I too have full days and sometimes I feel like I just cannot do one more single thing but then it struck me that I have followers who look forward to reading my post. Do not get we wrong, they are not following me because I am some tax or business guru, they follow me because they feel comfortable with me, they relate to me and they find comfort in my words so, for them especially, I am mustering up the strength to stop the tax returns and write this blog and for all new people reading, I hope you too can relate to my blog and I hope you come back often and enjoy this little community.
I want to share what I experienced today. I have answered so many telephone calls and text messages today regarding the stimulus payments that millions of people received today however, many woke up to find that they had not received anything yet. I walked people through registering their bank accounts on the IRS website as well as filing zero tax returns and trying to help so many navigate this crazy situation that we are all in. Unfortunately, these stimulus payments are still an ever moving and evolving monster and those creating all these stimulus payments and stimulus loans are also not sure why money is so slow to go out so imagine my frustration when I cannot give answers that bring comfort. Thankfully I was able to help most people but the sad part is that for me, not being able to help just one person felt like a failure to me.
If not for anything else, this coronavirus has brought to light one very important and extremely scary reality and that is that the majority of the population is just one or two paychecks away from being in dire straights. That is a sad reality. Even though there are people who work like dogs to make ends meet and really try in spite of constantly coming up short, there are a much greater portion of people who work like dogs but they are struggling to pay for a lifestyle that they cannot afford. They are paying for a lifestyle that they do not even have the time to enjoy. They are trying to keep up with the “Jones” and the “Jones” do not even care about them. The saddest thing is that the people who are trying so hard to buy and have everything are the people who are the most disgusted with themselves. These people seem to be lacking self-esteem and who are looking for validation. These people are the ones whom we have to watch carefully because when and if they fall, they may fall so far that there is no return.
Here are a few facts. Stop worrying about what other people think of you. Are they paying your bills every month? Are they feeding you and your family? If you fail, will they write you checks and share their paychecks with you until you get back on your feet? Ask yourself these questions and it will be easier for you to tend to yourself and not worry about insignificant people. Do you enjoy a smaller home rather than a large home? Get the smaller home. Be happy with what you want and stop worrying about whether or not everyone else will like it. Stop buying things to impress everyone around you and just worry about being happy and impressing yourself. Do you like your friends Chevy but instead you purchased a Mercedes? Why? You know you like the Chevy but you are trying to maintain a persona to impress people who are not going to help you make that huge monthly payment for the Mercedes. If you like the Mercedes then buy it but if you would have preferred the Chevy but it was not as fancy, get the Chevy because it is what you wanted. You are the one who is working. You are the one who is paying all your bills. You are the one sacrificing trying to save money so stop living your life to impress people around you. You want to stop spending everything you earn and you want to be able to stop risking becoming homeless? Simple, go spend some of that money on a therapist to find out why you are so insecure. There is nothing embarrassing about needing help in order to help yourself thrive in life. Many people never find out why they are miserable and they keep living destructive lives. Go speak to someone and learn to start living life on your terms and in a way that is enjoyable to you.
Once you begin to become acutely aware of why you live above your means and why you are so unhappy with your life, you can then begin on your path to financial freedom. You can start on your journey to build the life that you have always dreamed of and reading my blogs will help you get lots of information to help you along that path but you are the only one who can take those first steps. That being said, if you were more aware of what you were doing, you would not be like so many people today who are desperately looking for their stimulus check. Keep in mind, the stimulus check is not for tens of thousands of dollars and most people will be lucky if the stimulus payment takes them through the month so what happens when it runs out? You need to start planning now. What are you good at? Figure out right now what it is that you enjoy doing and figure out how to make money doing that. Now more than ever, it is time for you to take control of your life.
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