Sometimes I think money is thing that causes people the most anguish.\u00a0 Even if you have \u201cenough\u201d it doesn\u2019t eliminate the concerns and issues that come with needing money.\u00a0 And really, how many of us feel like we actually have \u201cenough\u201d \u2013 there are so many unknowns in this world.\u00a0 We tend to have strong opinions about how it should be spent or saved.\u00a0 I\u2019m not here to tell you any of those things, yet to encourage you to think about money more.<\/p>\n
Several months ago my husband and I were talking about some purchases.\u00a0 We checked prices online and it gave us pause.\u00a0 The lovely picture we were considering for over the sofa was a bit more than we\u2019d expected.\u00a0 Since we\u2019ve already recognized the temptation for making purchases without enough thought, we consoled ourselves that we weren\u2019t making a decision in this moment.\u00a0 There was time to see how we felt later and moved on with our day.<\/p>\n
It was a weekend day and we headed to the Renaissance Faire.\u00a0 We had a few vendors we wanted to visit and were considering a purchase there.\u00a0 It\u2019s a tapestry shop and we discovered these exquisite tapestries \u2013 a set of 4 \u2013 and it came with a discount when you buy at least 2.\u00a0 Oh was I drooling over them.<\/p>\n
Fortunately my husband and I had established a good pattern before buying anything unplanned.\u00a0 We walk away.\u00a0 We found a place to sit and talk about our thoughts regarding these tapestries.\u00a0 He liked them as much as I did and had the same temptation to bring them home.\u00a0 Still we moseyed along, visiting another vendor, knowing we still had time to get back and buy the tapestries.<\/p>\n
Then something interesting happened.\u00a0 My husband was struck with the irony that just that morning we were cringing about spending about the same amount on one thing yet somehow we weren\u2019t reacting in the same way at the thought of buying several things.\u00a0 We\u2019d been sucked in by the idea that by getting more for the same money it somehow wasn\u2019t the same \u2013 never mind that we\u2019d get a discount for getting more than one.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t matter what it was or how much \u2013 it\u2019s about how varied we can be about things.\u00a0 In one context, we pause and consider; in another, we barely pause and almost rush in.\u00a0 We practice being thoughtful \u2013 controlling our impulses in order to discern what matters most to us.<\/p>\n
Have you ever bought something and later regretted it?\u00a0 I\u2019d be surprised if you haven\u2019t.\u00a0 We\u2019re working on cutting down on those regrets, hence why we walk away in the first place.<\/p>\n
Buying things is necessary \u2013 we all have to do it.\u00a0 Yet how mindful are we of how and on what we spend our money?\u00a0 If we begin to recognize our own patterns about money, we can take steps to lead a life that supports who we are and our values.\u00a0 Money causes enough headaches; don\u2019t let it cause you unnecessary pain.<\/p>\n
By the way, the beautiful tapestries stayed with the vendor and the limited edition print was ordered a while later.\u00a0 Months later this still feels like the right decision for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Money is extremely personal \u2013 how you spend it, save it \u2013 how you think and feel about it \u2013 and I\u2019m not here to change any of that \u2013 just to encourage you to think about making sure it doesn\u2019t control your life \u2013 it\u2019s there for you to use in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10,8,18,19,5,14,17],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personaldevelopment","tag-behavior","tag-discipline","tag-goals","tag-hoarding","tag-household","tag-reversals","tag-spaces"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7p82c-jN","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}