Money vs Anti Money

I have been doing a lot of study around money.  All the usual stuff such as learning its not bad, and that it needs managing and not to be bound by old habits that dont work.  don't be a debtor, believing wealth is good, et al.  And then this morning I bought a magazine on impulse (yup impulse shopping = very against the rules!) and its all about living without money.  Well the main article is.  And it just not all about the money.  Oh and here I am going up against myself again.  But the point is that we are replacing our relationships with each other with ones that are monetised.  And its kind of weird.  Like childcare for example.  So odd that we farm the kiddies out to others and then work to pay for them to do that for us.  Well, not that we do.  But its kind of the point of the article.  Things we should be doing for ourselves, like growing and cooking food, or making music or whatever becomes this monetised transaction.

And despite the fact that I really want to pay off our mortgage and go on lots of holidays.  I don't want my entire life to be all about making more money.  Its going to have to be a balance.  Or maybe when you stop thinking about the money.  It comes anyway.

It was a little lesson for me.  It being Christmas and all.  No, it can't ever be all about the money.

I am going to be looking at my life again and seeing where I can bring riches that have nothing to do with money.

True wealth = love, friendship, celebrations, beauty, abundance, happiness, joy......

I am so excited to be excited by Christmas.  We are going to be having a celebration.  It is going to be special.  Most of this has to do with me putting the effort in to make it so.