What’s your money story? I know you’ve got one. We’ve all got one.

A money story is about how and why you feel the way you do about money. How many times have you heard someone say “you should create a budget” and then you responded with a “yeah, but I was never taught how to manage money as a child”. Or “yeah, but I don’t really make enough to budget”, or even “yeah, but I enjoy my life and don’t want to have to give up anything just for the sake of a budget”.

So, what’s your money story? Did your parents teach you how to manage money? Have you ever felt the pains of never having enough?

Think for a moment about your money story. How and why do you feel the ways that you do about money?

Now, change the story.

Better yet, choose to change the story. Let go of the past and avoid responding with “yeah, but…”. No buts. It’s time for a change – you’re holding the keys and you control how this story ends so take charge and choose to change the money story.

“I’m Seeing What I am Believing”

Do you want to feel more peace? More calmness? Then choose to feel those ways about money. Instead of seeing money as something evil, choose to see it as something that can give you peace. You will believe what you choose to see so choose to see something that will benefit you, not destroy you.

Money is a tool and should be use as such. Use money to help you achieve financial peace by killing off the debt monster, creating a budget, building up a solid emergency fund, and saving for retirement. Choose to see money as something good not evil…after all, the love of money is the root of all evil, not money itself. (1 Timothy 6:10)

I once heard that the fastest way to worship money is to stress over it. And how true is that? If you’re stressing about how you’re going to pay this or that, isn’t your mind constantly turned towards money? The only way to stop it is to take charge and do something about it. There’s an old expression that I’m sure you’ve heard before but it rings so true when we’re going through financial hell…

“If you’re going through hell, don’t stop and build a house.”

Choose to change the story and change your financial future for the better. Create a budget, work to kill the debt monster, and save for a rainy day. Make a plan and stick to it. Force yourself to follow through and change your money story.

And definitely don’t stop to build a house in financial hell. Choose to change the story.

How have you changed your money story?

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