What causes stress?

And another great way to become wealthy is to remember some fundamentals. Some truths or universal laws. One of them is that "STRESS" is a Fictitional thing! Some make it SOOO big and it's not. Let me explain. How are your bills paid? By having money, right? Well, what if the money isn't there?

ENTER STRESS!

Why replace money with stress thinking it's going to solve the bill problem? OK, if you accept your a week behind what happens? For the next week do you

1. Stress out, pant, pace, pull out your hair
2. lose 3 hours of sleep a day
3. don't eat
4. chew everyone out at work
5. snap on the dog (oops you injured the dog by kicking it too hard!)
6. Break something valuable, because you injured the dog (hence another bill)
7. And shout everything with a vulger word so the neighbors know your crazy!?

I used to do that, LOL J/K but, no seriously. Anyone would say no, that's crazy! You simply call the bill collector; weather it's a CC or a utility bill and simply TELL them- "I am going through some tough times here, can I get an extention to pay my bill?" (TIP: Have a date you can pay by, it helps encourage them to grant you the extention- even if it's 2 weeks out!) With the economy doing so well (sarcasm) you would be amazed at the cooperation!  Problems only come when you spend it frivolously! Then, the "promise to pay" dam builds up, the creditors get impatient and, the world comes crashing down. Now, I am not saying I am perfect, I need some help sometimes. But, I have been down that road of "penny pinching" and I realized stress did little to help the situation!

Money is not the end all and be all of your life! Don't base your "life" on whether you have money or not! Learn to be happy "USING" it because, the old proverb is "The love of money, is the root of all evil (habits)."

If you have to deal with stress in your mind, you can eliminate it from your mind. Then, you can deal with everything else. I think of it like a game of chess. Your constantly thinking three to five moves ahead. In the end someone always wins. When your opponent moves, you have a chance to act but, you have to weigh your actions against his options- after your move. The same goes in life and spending. Always think 2 to 4 weeks ahead. When you get paid, you simply pay the bills you can and if you have to- push the others back a week. STRESS WILL NOT HELP THIS! If it's in your hand to do it, you must do it. You cannot do anything else!

It's a law. The world isn't going to collapse if you can't figure out what to DO with your money. It's a simple FACT that-  You are a "CHANNEL" for it to FLOW. Keep giving money to people you owe it to and/or, connect to a bigger channel (NETWORKING) and get more money!

How much can you handle? How are your spending habits changing? Are you being selfish with your money? Are you changing as your income increases?

When you have a mind, use it wisely.

When you have money, spend it wisely.

Articles that inspire and make you think- "Has this happened to me?" by Matthew Kabelis