You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by
While reading the first book, she briefly talks about money struggles and fear surrounding money. While reading over those sections I realized how much baggage I carry in that department. I am not afraid to say that I am a frugal person. I hate to spend money if I don't have to; I cringe while buying necessary items; and I cause myself a ridiculous amount of stress over silly pieces of green paper. I don't think I am suffering in the money department (thank goodness), but I am one of those people who just wishes I had some more wiggle room every once in awhile. My mom and I both have these irrational money woes, and we discuss them often with each other. We were walking through Target grumbling about money - the same Target where the first book popped out at me - and we happen to see this brand new book from Jen Sincero that is ENTIRELY about creating your own solutions when it comes to money worries. Clearly, we both saw it as a sign, and we both picked up our own copies. I flew through my copy in a few days.
It feels like the author's intentions are to allow you to dream about your future. After you dreamed up the most fantastical, wonderful story about your picture-perfect life, she starts to lay out steps on how you can actually move towards that goal. Then she covers all of the internal mind games you start to say to yourself. Like why you don't deserve to follow your dreams and be successful at them because your boring, stable, ho-hum job gets you through the day. It's amazing how you subconsciously (and sometimes consciously too) tell yourself that you don't deserve to be wealthy. Why shouldn't you be rich?
Most of her thought process seems to follow the Law of Attraction. If you believe that you can create money making opportunities for yourself, then you will have the willpower to make it happen. I'm personally a believer in the Law of Attraction. If I strive to have a positive outlook every day, then I will be more likely to see positive things around me. If I'm you're negative and hopeless all day, then you look like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh with a sad, little rain cloud over your head. Jen Sincero expands the options for the Laws of Attraction into the realm of money and tries to take some of the taboo out of it.
I started putting Jen's ideas to practice after finishing the book. In an interesting twist to this review, I actually had a remarkable opportunity come my way that affirmed her process. I found out that I was getting a parking spot through my work, and I would be saving $120 per month. HUGE! I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've caught myself saying, "If I just had an extra hundred or two hundred every month..." And like a sign from heaven I receive the parking pass. Dream big! Who knows what joys will come my way if I continue believing I'm a badass at making money.
