Mindfully Spent is about managing finances, time, and more in pursuit of meaning. It chronicles my journey to use money and moments for things I truly love.
Save money. Pay off debt. Simplify. Do the unimaginable big things that you want with your life. Look back on your dollars and days and find they were Mindfully Spent.
All in Time
Who are we if we show up at the workplace thinking only about our own paycheck? Life is precarious. Show up like it matters.
During the first six weeks of spending my money more mindfully, I made significant changes that set me up for success. But the power of habit can be harnessed at any time to keep us building a rich and meaningful life.
Each of us comes packaged with highly variable values and priorities. Just like there is no single standard of beauty, there are a multitude of ways to define what it means to live a good life. It's why we all want different things in romantic partners, household budgets, and political candidates. Building a meaningful life (much like setting big financial goals) requires a deeply moving "Why?" Also... a bit about the evils of external validation.
Money can't fill a hole. Neither can distractions. Building a fulfilling life requires us to tackle the hard stuff and seek out more than the quick thrill of shallow experiences. (Also, some crazy interesting stuff on Signalling Theory and how it impacts our shopping habits!)
Yes, our cars are paid in full! But we haven't stopped there. We set two new goals to keep our transportation costs low and our future debt in check.
Guest Contributor Markus Almond (Brooklyn, NY) shakes us awake in the first post of Mindfully Spent's Series "Doing the (Seemingly) Impossible"; reminding us that "Making life count is a choice."
Imagine a world where we don't have to buy a gosh darn thing because our neighbor has exactly what we need sitting in his house collecting dust, and he's happy to lend it or even just outright give it to us. This world already exists, and you can be a member.
Understanding your habits can empower you to take action. Learn how to reveal bad spending habits & their sometimes surprising causes. Plus, tools for managing major productivity killers in order to make more time for the things we love.
The way we live should reflect our deepest held beliefs about who we are and what is important to us. Why I recommitted to spending my money and moments on the things that were truly meaningful.
