269 - “Time, Money, Motivation:” The Trifecta Necessary for Change

<p>I don’t have enough money to …</p> <p>If I have more time I would …</p> <p>I’m just not motivated.</p> <p><strong>These are the top 3 things holding you back from the change you crave and I finally figured out how they are RELATED!</strong></p> <p>Did you know what the most common New Year’s Resolutions are?</p> <ol> <li>To get fit/lose weight</li> <li>Pay off debt/get money in order</li> <li>Get organized</li> </ol> <p><strong>Did you also know that when you start on one of these goals, the others fall in line, too?</strong></p> <p>It takes time, but it will happen. I promise. And by time I mean … years.</p> <p>I was an EXTREMELY productive child, working 40 hours a week babysitting because I could easily sell the moms I worked for into hiring me for more time if I told them I was available. (Suckers!) ;)</p> <p>Time, Money and Motivation all go hand-in-hand.</p> <p><strong>TIME</strong></p> <p><strong>Organization always gives you more TIME. ALWAYS.</strong></p> <p>If you decide to be a minimalist, you are, hands down, going to have more time.</p> <p>Part of organization is decluttering. But decluttering involves more that just your physical objects.</p> <p>You will declutter items from your calendar, out of your email inbox, organize your paper, and occasionally declutter past relationships that are no longer mutually beneficial.</p> <p>Personally, I started my journey in the “getting organized” category. It took me about 18 months.</p> <p>Organizing is proactively choosing how you are going to use your time.</p> <p>If you are a reactionary, others choose how you spend your time.</p> <p><strong>Productivity is the outpouring of living an organized life.</strong></p> <p><strong>MONEY</strong></p> <p>Your money is your resource.</p> <p>Money comes from constraining yourself so that you can budget yourself and get out of that resource what you want.</p> <p>No one has unlimited money. NO ONE. Money is a constraint that makes you CHOOSE what you invest in.</p> <p>My money journey has been life long and it was no