52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 1. Pay Attention Raising
A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money
What it is
A focus on: how you spend your money; how money works in your life; and the internal conversations you have about money.
How it helps…
It is the first step to making any changes.
You take control of your life and your finances.
Key items to look for…
Where you lie in the spectrum of money awareness.
How other people deal with money.
Time…
An ongoing process.
Keys to action …
Pay attention to how you use money and how it works in your life.
SET IT UP
Many of the ways you think about money come from earliest family experiences.
STEP ON IT
Give some thought to the source of your feelings about money.
STEP ON IT +
This process will help you make peace with your past mistakes and learn from them.
Notice…
Your reaction to dealing with money.
What you say to yourself about money.
Your reaction to how others deal with money.
How your family deals with money.
How powerful or overwhelmed you feel with regard to money.
But what if …
Nothing changes?
This process only deals with noticing how you are now.
Changes will come later.
Thought primers…
Money means to m e…
If I believed I had a say in the amount of money I have…
If I could have all the money I wanted…
When I see how I use money, I …
One of the ways money could better support me m ight be …
One of the changes I would like to make…
“ The world is his, who has money to go over i t “ — Ralph Waldo Emerson