Beyond The Dollar - Deep and Honest Conversations About How Money Affects Our Well-Being
Deep and Honest Conversations About How Money Affects Our Well-Being
I confess, I haven’t been walking my talk. At least not 100%
Here’s the thing: my ambition got the best of me. Rather, the external facing part of my ambition got the better of me (more on this later).
While I gained massive strides in 2018 and did more in my career than I thought possible, it came with a lot of heartache, negative self talk, and frankly less time to be present with my family.
It sounds weird considering I worked part-time hours right?
You know it’s an actual possibility.
You talk all the time about a myriad of reasons as to why your boss or your coworkers suck. Basically, any excuse in the book about why your job is so horrible and there’s nothing you can do about it.
It’s easier to blame somebody else when you’re sick and tired of working dead end jobs. Complaining about your job is so normal – after all everyone does it – that it slowly infects your brain to the point where you constantly daydream when you can finally do what you want someday, instead of being chained to your desk.
Except, someday never comes.
Not because you’re lazy. Not because you don’t have what it takes. And it’s certainly not because you’re a horrible human being.
It’s because society has conditioned you to believe that our jobs are supposed to suck. That if something becomes too enjoyable, it ceases to make you any money.
The frightening part is that you’ve believed this lie for far too long. Think long and hard: how many years have you wasted away, feeling really shitty about your job because you think you can’t do better?
The good news is that you can erase this belief once and for all. Ready to learn what it takes? [Read more…] about Perhaps the Secret Reason Your Job Sucks Is…You?
Are you looking some successful ways to make money on the side?
Aside from paid survey sites and other work from home jobs, there are so many opportunities to make a little side income. I’ve invited a few people on the blog to talk about how they make money on the side. Now some of them have turned this into a full-time venture, but you certainly don’t have to. Whatever your goal is, I hope you’re inspired by the stories I’ll be sharing in the next few weeks.
Today’s guest is Joseph Hogue, the founder of numerous websites, his most popular one called My Work From Home Money. He’s done a few side hustles, from freelance writing, blogging to publishing his own books.
Read Joseph’s interview below then check out the video to see some insights and tips I have for you.
[Read more…] about How to Find Successful Ways to Make Money on The Side
TLDR: Having a solid online presence is required to make a living online, but a blog is not necessary.
I get it. You’ve probably read a bunch of make more money online posts and they’re all telling you to start a blog. It’ll help you make passive income they say. You can one day make six figures they say.
Yeah, that’s the dream isn’t it? Sip cocktails on the beach while raking in the dough.
I ran away to McDonald’s, y’all.
If you heard on my podcast episode about the whole story, let me go into a little bit more detail.
It was a normal day at the Li-Cain household. I was working on some intense deadlines and was running low on sleep. My son also happened to be teething and wasn’t the most pleasant to be around.
When my husband came home, the entire house was turned upside down. My hair was tattered and tears streaming down my face. I asked if I could leave, drove around for a good 30 minutes, stopped at McDonald’s, got a hot chocolate (and a Big Mac meal) and scarfed it down while crying again.
Well guess what? I ended up missing deadlines and paying some bills late. It actually took me a few weeks to get back on track.
If I had implemented some self care practices from the get-go, none of this would have happened.
[Read more…] about 107 Effective Self Care Practices That Won’t Break the Bank
Are you interested in being a VA (virtual assistant) to earn a bit of money on the side?
There are so many side business ideas out there, but being a VA is one of the most versatile ideas out there. You can literally work anywhere, you just need an internet connection a laptop for most tasks. In fact, if you play your cards right, you can earn a healthy side income from it.
I invited Kayla Sloan to talk about her experience being a VA . What initially started as a side hustle turned into a full time job and she earns 6 figures a month from(psst…she has a super affordable course that outlines the EXACT process she used to get to $10,000 a month)! She talks about some of the mindset shifts she’s had to make including overcoming a scarcity mindset and how she turned that around. She’s seriously so inspiring and I hope you get a lot out of this interview.
[Read more…] about Side Business Ideas: Earn $100,000 a Year as a VA
Do you wish you can save more money? Or heck, earn enough so you can finally quit your soul sucking job? Or finally pay down your debt?
The problem isn’t that you can’t solve these problems. You know what you want. It’s just that you can’t seem to get out of your own way.
Maybe there’s not enough time in the day to sit down and look over all your financials.
Maybe when you do, your kid decides to scream on the top of your lungs, you lose your train of thought.
Maybe, just maybe, you’re so tired (like deep-down-in-your-core tired) that it takes all the effort you have to even wake up, let alone find the time to do your own thing.
The truth is that change is hard. Sometimes, too hard. I know I have days where I wonder how I’m going to get it all done. In fact, I burned out halfway last year. It was as if I would take one step forward in my finances, then I would have to take two steps backward.
[Read more…] about I Wrote in a Money Journal For 30 Days. Here’s What Happened
Glue a bunch of photos onto a piece of cardboard, sit and stare at it and all our financial woes are solved, right?
Wrong.
If that were the case, money would literally be flying from the sky for me while I sit on a beach sipping Shirley Temples.
Now I’m not saying that visualization exercises are total crap. Rather, it’s the way many people assume how it works. Visualization is merely a tool to help you accomplish whatever result you’re putting action towards. In other words, it gives you something to help motivate you by keeping your goals and dreams at the forefront of your mind.
There’s a really fascinating article from Psychology Today talking about the power of visualization where studies have shown that visualization is a powerful way to train your brain for the results you want to achieve in your life. In financial terms, you’re training your brain to help you successfully negotiate a work contract, save more money or even to afford the house of your dreams.
[Read more…] about Using a Money Vision Board: Are They A Load of S#!t?
One of my ex-bosses tried to sleep with female employees.
I probably should have quit.
I ended up sticking around at that job for four years.
Sure, there was harassment and lots of illegal practices going on at that place, but it wasn’t a soul sucking job. The boss ended up being fired, leaving the country (I was an expat in China at the time) and the new principal that came soon after was nice. Yes, there were the usual problems of alcoholic expats, lack of prep time between lessons and incompetent co-workers, but what place (in China international schools anyway) didn’t have all that? [Read more…] about What if Quitting Your Soul Sucking Job Isn’t The Answer?
When I was a child, a close family member won a significant amount of money from playing the lottery. I’m taking about enough money for this person to quit their job and never work a day in their life.
A few years later, this person was back at a minimum wage job. We never spoke of the lottery winnings again.
Why am I sharing this story? It’s proof that financial freedom isn’t just about having lots of money in the bank. It comes from manifesting what you know to be true about money.
Think about it. If you were a careless person, how does that manifest in your spending habits? If you hate to spend money and have friends that do, what would your social network look like?
Money has the potential to give us everything that we want, but it’s not a mind reader. It can only look out for your best interest if you allow it to.
Take a look at my family member. This person’s dream was to construct a Japanese Zen garden, complete with a koi pond. You’d think with the lottery winnings, that would have at least been built.
Nope.
[Read more…] about Why Knowing Your Money Story is Crucial to Getting Rich