by Cassie Howard | Aug 17, 2018 | Blogging |
Today’s realization: It’s a pretty cool feeling when you get an unexpected $2,000+ bill and you don’t freak out. In fact, you say ”oh, that’s it?” and pay it straight away without flinching. Guess this money mindset stuff actually works. Ahh how much things have changed in the last 3 years! I remember being so fucking SCARED of money. Terrified to let it go. The fear of spending money (even on things I needed, like groceries and gas in the car) had me in a chokehold ALL of the time. And when an unexpected bill came in the mail? I just about lost my shit. The panic and the anxiety would be so strong that I started getting heart palpitations and periods where I’d struggle to breathe. Any time I’d receive money, I would feel scared to spend it. I tried to hoard it, thinking that if I just had some money stashed away, I would feel better. And I did. Until the next unexpected bill came in the mail. The problem wasn’t that I didn’t know how to make money. The problem wasn’t that I was an over-spender. The problem wasn’t that I didn’t know how to save. The problem was that I had deep-rooted money issues to solve. I didn’t realize this until I started working with a mentor who pointed it out to me. I didn’t know when my bills were due I wasn’t setting aside money for taxes I wasn’t calculating my income/expenses properly I didn’t pay off my credit cards on time I would forget to pay bills (especially paper bills that would come to...
by Cassie Howard | Aug 15, 2018 | Making Money |
Do you ever have one of those days where you feel completely blank, don’t know what to say, and feel overwhelmed with the thought of doing anything but just sitting down and eating a donut for breakfast? Or how about the days when you do ALL THE THINGS, but at night, before you lie down to go to sleep, you wonder to yourself “what the fuck did I even DO today?”, feeling completely unaccomplished, even though you did so much? Here’s the good news: You’re not alone. There are people out there, just like you, who ocassionally have a really shitty day, and also, have really freakin’ amazing days. The other good news is this: You can have more amazing days than shitty days if you just decide to. Stop focusing on the shitty days or the shitty feelings, and focus on the amazing. That’s when the amazing happens. This morning I woke up and immediately felt a sense of panic at all I need to do before I leave for the airport to go home to my big comfy bed and snuggly kitties. I really wanted to sleep in. I didn’t want to throw the covers off and freeze my ass off (hot damn it’s COLD in the mornings here!). But I made a choice: A choice that I would feel ACCOMPLISHED and RELAXED today, during my travels. And I can’t feel accomplished and relaxed if I don’t do my morning activities. So I got up. Shivered as I got dressed, made my mushroom coffee, sat down, and got my hustle on. I journaled, I wrote. I did...
