My therapy practice was generating a significant amount of revenue, yet I was on the brink of collapse. Poor profit margins and weak financial boundaries had left me in a severe cash-flow crisis. With kindness, he said: "Joyce, you're not running a charity-you deserve to make a profit."
Behind every decision regarding how you allocate your precious time on earth - every meal, every subscription, and every purchase - you weigh whether something is 'worth it.' And underneath each decision lurks a tangled matrix of emotions, biases, social programming, narratives, justifications, and scheming about money and value.
A (very stupid-seeming) trick that helped me is having my grocery list on my phone instead of on paper. I always have my phone on me, so I'm never going shopping again without a plan. Plus, always having my wants and needs and looking over them multiple times makes me think about them more. 'Do I really want frozen pizza, or was that an 'I'm so hungry' thought?'
