I'm Here for Connection
I'm not here to play the "I am a millionaire" game.
Okay, I'm exaggerating. But what I'm saying is, here's my pattern: I join groups, I seem like I've got my "sh#&" together, people assume that to be true and I don't tell 'em any different.
Sometimes, they ask me for help and advice or to join or head a committee. I like to feel important and smart just like anyone else so I say what's on my mind and hope it makes sense. Some people like my ideas. I keep my fingers crossed hoping they don't discover that I just "made it up."
I hide. It feels safe temporarily. But then...I miss out on help. I miss out on connection. My dreams stay sequestered.
So I'm just gonna get this party started right from the beginning.
I am gonna say it right here and right now. I'm here to connect with people.
There is a TON of stuff I don't know.
I'm currently in a state of financial dissary and for the first time in my life, at the age of 42 I have a budget. So sue me. You won't get anything. I have creative ideas up the ying yang but I seem to be better at spending money than making it or saving it.
So there, I said it.
Help.
I surrender.
I've learned in the past from meeting with gads of women's groups that if you admit you have a problem and ask for help, it will flow in like a gusher. I just want to spill the beans here and now so I don't have to go through that whole period of trying to pretend that I got my "sh#&" together...cause I don't.
Okay, I'm exaggerating. But what I'm saying is, here's my pattern: I join groups, I seem like I've got my "sh#&" together, people assume that to be true and I don't tell 'em any different.
Sometimes, they ask me for help and advice or to join or head a committee. I like to feel important and smart just like anyone else so I say what's on my mind and hope it makes sense. Some people like my ideas. I keep my fingers crossed hoping they don't discover that I just "made it up."
I hide. It feels safe temporarily. But then...I miss out on help. I miss out on connection. My dreams stay sequestered.
So I'm just gonna get this party started right from the beginning.
I am gonna say it right here and right now. I'm here to connect with people.
There is a TON of stuff I don't know.
I'm currently in a state of financial dissary and for the first time in my life, at the age of 42 I have a budget. So sue me. You won't get anything. I have creative ideas up the ying yang but I seem to be better at spending money than making it or saving it.
So there, I said it.
Help.
I surrender.
I've learned in the past from meeting with gads of women's groups that if you admit you have a problem and ask for help, it will flow in like a gusher. I just want to spill the beans here and now so I don't have to go through that whole period of trying to pretend that I got my "sh#&" together...cause I don't.
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Comment by Debbie Ducic on November 9, 2008 at 2:19pm -
I have had a love/hate relationship with money and therefor have experienced feast and famine in waves, so my challenge is to even out the lows and highs. I thought if I learned about the financial world in detail (I got my health and life insurance license several times, as well as a series 7 that you need to be a stock broker or financial advisor) and worked in the financial arena for many years, until a broken water main flooded and destroyed my house. That's when I realized the money game is just that...a game designed for most people to lose.
Now that sounds pretty harsh and negative, but the other thing I learned is that what is more important is determining to do what you love which will serve others and your needs and desires will be provided and that life is a series of ups and downs and just go with the flow.
I have experienced owning LOTS of stuff...a big home, land, boats, big toys, on and on and am now divesting of "stuff" because it can become a noose around the neck, as many people are discovering with this economic downturn. I'm now into following my passion and experiencing living new places (moving to Australia very soon) and creating relationships with people all over the world.
AND...like you...on a quest to love my body again and having FUN! (Want to look good in a bikini again as I play on the beaches of Australia) and have the stamina to teach, consult, speak, write, create videos and take photo's of beautiful new places!
Of course I'll need money to do it, but most people don't realize you don't have to be a millionaire. That's a crock. I think what it takes is to have the GutZ to take the risks and you strike me as a GutZy Woman! Let's stay in touch!
LOVE
Deb Ducic
aka GutZy Woman
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Comment by lois on October 22, 2008 at 7:50am - I'm almost in the same position here. Maby this forum is what we need to get us going. What are your creative ideas, and is there a market for them?
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Comment by Teri Mason on October 17, 2008 at 5:57pm - Check out daveramsey.com He has a proven system of getting out of debt and being on a budget. I struggle w/it too but he is amazing. He has a free website, free radio show, and 3-4 times a year he puts all his books on sale for $10/ea. Check him out :)
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