where i’m at
yesterday, i started writing a blog post titled “10 things you can do when the irs is knocking at your door”, because it made me giggle.
who knows, i may still finish and share it, but the moment is not right. i do, however, want to say that i am in what could best be described as a financial implosion.
one of the things i don’t talk about is money. not because i don’t like talking about it, because i actually do. i find money and personal finance to be interesting and fascinating and relevant. if there’s a book on money out there, i’ve probably read it. (years ago, i spent one birthday weekend at a cabin with atlas, eating angel food cake and chocolate pudding while reading every single rich dad poor dad book. now that is my idea of birthday fun. oh! i also own the rich dad cashflow game. i always forget about it – i haven’t played it in years – but it is so much fun.)
i also think that money is a topic that could use a great many more open and honest discussions. (i used to belong to a discussion board where people shared everything about money, up to and including numbers. it was the most fascinating board ever.)
at its core, money is simply a means of exchange, something we created to be of use. it is not inherently good or bad. the only value it has is what we ourselves apply to it – and that value is really only a story.
somehow, over the years, we seem to have given away much of our power to money; it can cause us to feel guilty and ashamed and irresponsible and to apply judgment to ourselves and others. this seems so strange because really, things are the way they are; they got there the way they got there; what’s right for one person is wrong for another; and our financial situation says nothing about our worth and value.
along with many other things, i think that talking about money is one of the ways we bring light into all the dark places and change this for the better.
i mostly don’t talk about money because it hasn’t popped into my head as a thing to talk about. or in this case, because i realized that i like people to buy my stuff because they love it and want it and the time is right, not because they are worried about me. but that, i decided, is a silly thing to worry about, because i always trust that you will do what’s right for you.
and it turns out that i do want to share where i’m at. not so that you will worry about me, or because i want or need sympathy. just because it is where i’m at and it feels important to share.
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this post is interesting to me.
one… because you have the ability to share your deepest self always. joy and light and every now and then perhaps a sense of worry.
but I’ve noticed something else interesting.
whenever you have something to ‘sell’….
there are usually zero comments.
it’s as if every follower becomes silent.
why is that?
we all care.
we share this life!
have you noticed it? maybe i’m just too sensitive!
is it embarrassment? it shouldn’t be.
money is a necessary evil. for artists it must be doubly so.
candor banishes embarrassment.
and i’m glad you brought the old evil to the door.
am looking forward to the iris at the door!
and p.s.
another beautiful CARD picture above.
I do notice comment patterns, but I tend to think that it has nothing to do with the selling per se, but with the kinds of things that people comment on in general. I think there are certain things that draw you in and make you want to comment or make it easier for you to comment, and there are others that don’t.
Yes, I definitely do want to talk more about money, because I don’t like to think of it as a necessary evil. I like to think of it as beautiful and joyful and delicious! Even the penny on the sidewalk.
You make me wonder about the difference between a financial implosion and a financial explosion.
That is an interesting thing to wonder. I actually didn’t think of the word explosion. I originally used the word crisis, but crisis felt wrong to me (mostly because I trust that I am creative and resourceful and there are a million ways everything can work out) so I was trying to find a word other than crisis that someone else might use to describe my situation while allowing me to continue to hold onto possibility.
My initial reaction is that an implosion is a lack of resources, while an explosion is an excess of debt.
you last paragraph in your comment to me sums you up completely elizabeth! LOLOL.
love it!
would that the world could think of it the same way. i used to have guilt feelings about money. my scottish heritage i guess.
nowadays i’m always guilty of saying
“it’s only money!” (though not for DEBT!)
I used to tell bob… “i found a top today i’d like to get. and it only cost 2 pizzas!”
we think nothing of buying a pizza.
and we all know what that turns into!!!! LOL.
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VERY good and sensitive introduction to the topic of money here, Elizabeth. And I’ll be curious what you more you share on the topic here. I must admit to having a wobbly relationship with money. Attempts in recent years to earn money through my creativity has been shaky. We all need money to a certain extent to live in this modern world. I’m all for trying to cultivate a better relationship with it. :o) Happy Day ((HUGS))
I love talking money. Not so much about our household money but my business money. I love trying to figure out what people will buy and if it’s worth the money to actually sell it…. or if I should do something that will for sure make me money but not make my heart that happy while doing it. Fun stuff.
Tammy: Hahaha! It is cracking me up to think of a closet full of pizzas.
Tracy: I have my own wobbles, so I am sending love. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all had a beautiful relationship with it?!
Julie: That is fun stuff. If you ever want to talk about it with someone new, let me know. I am always up for that sort of discussion.