more money

Imagine opening a beautifully organized wallet.  It is clean and filled with only the essentials - even a few of the card slots remain empty.  It opens and closes easily and there is a $100 bill inside.  Next, you open a different wallet.  This wallet pops open easily because it doesn’t stay shut.  It is stuffed full of credit cards, store cards and old pictures.  The change area is filled not only with change, but the back of an earring, the tooth your child lost that day and a fortune cookie fortune.  You open this wallet hoping to reveal some cash but instead, it is crammed full of oddly-shaped debit card receipts.  How do these different wallets make you feel?  What do you think they tell your subconscious mind?

I have used both of these wallets, I must admit.  I have been the person with the $100 bill and also the one with the tooth in my change purse.  Opening the organized money-filled wallet works for me on several levels:  1) I feel more abundant opening up my wallet to some money;  2) I can physically see the money that I am spending and I become more of a conscious consumer – I’m less likely to break a $100 bill for something that I really don’t need;  3) having an organized simple wallet keeps me more in control of my finances.  The result?  More money!

So, for a great boost to your finances, clean and organize your purses and wallets and shine up your money clips;  remove the receipts from your wallet at the end of every day and ensure you always have money in it.  Try this for at least one month and watch your finances improve!!!

purse placement

Last year I attended a meeting where we were all asked to remove our purses from off of the floor because it was considered to be “bad money luck”.  I was aware of the Chinese Proverb that states “A purse on the floor is money out the door” and that some regard placing your purse on the floor as bad feng shui.  What I didn’t know was that many different cultures have this belief as well.  Here is my personal take on it:  our purses (wallets, money clips, etc) represent our relationship to money.  By placing our purse on the floor we are unconsciously saying that we do not take the utmost of care when it comes to respecting our finances. 

So now what do we do with it?  We can’t place it on the back of our chair because someone could steal it, we don’t want to place it on the table because our purses carry a thousand germs (likely a result of placing them so many times on the floor) and let’s face it … our laps are not big enough for the size of the purses these days.  I have chosen to purchase a purse hook so that I can hang it off the table.  Where do you put your purse?