Money thots, Millionaire mindset

I've been in this money whirlwind of thought recently. Why do we all have negative feelings surrounding money? Why does money have to be so hush hush all the time and why do we cower when the topic of net worth or savings, investing, and such come up in conversation? Why can't we just share what we learn and talk about it freely? Better to learn from each other than twiddle our thumbs and simply not discuss anything, we would be stuck forever with no growth.

First time I had a conversation about money was after I started my first nursing job, a couple years in. I was the KWEEEEEN of group ordering food for the staff and a coworker asked me, "CJ, do you have like an uncapped takeout food budget?" The whole conversation took me out at the knees. We went into retirement, savings accounts (which... how TF was I not saving anything, T god for this now very good friend of mine), budgets, 401ks... all VERY foreign terms to me at the time. I knew NOTHING about making my money work for me. Fast forward to now, I obviously still have alot to learn but we out here putting money in places that I know will guarantee returns like high yield savings accounts, Roth IRAs, investing in the S&P 500. I never would have known if my friend didn't tell me about it. You might be thinking, dang, you're behind in the times sistah ceej, get your money rolling. I know I know, I'm trying and learning.

In the attempt to expand the reach of money talk and share what seems to not be common knowledge, here are a few things about the moolalas that have stuck with me recently:

1. Receiving money is as easy as giving money, meaning your relationship with money needs to be free flowing. To be able to intake more, there needs to be a generosity factor. And there can only be a generosity factor when:

2. A solid foundation of friendships/relationships is essential. You never usually loan money to an absolute stranger (unless you're silly little sistah Ceej- see blog post "Obviously not a true New Yorker"). If people trust you, they will talk to you and discuss personal matters where generosity may/can be implemented.

3. Along the same line, money correlates with how you can be of greater service to others. And in this way:

4. Money will love you as much as you love it. But don't forget, sometimes people can get into the negative mindset, saying "I don't have enough money or I wish I had more", making the relationship with money more strenuous and too much of a pull instead of a take and give.

Lewis Howes had Bob Proctor on his podcast and this is where alot of the above info came from, but Bob mentioned that to get into the millionaire mindset, it takes one thought, one phrase that can help attract more money: "I am so happy and grateful now that I have multiple sources of income"

You can catch me rewriting that phrase over and over every morning. Sorry if that was a little more fru fru than hard cold fact, but I believe alot of our life has to do with our mindset and the way we treat others, our positivity and all that. TBH, it's what makes me feel more fulfilled and happier as a human being. Anyways, just wanted to share some of my silly little thoughts. Happy Sunday y'all. Love you guys so much. SHOOOOOTZ \m/

PS. If you ever wanna talk about literally anything, shoot me an email! cjslifeemail@gmail.com