Letting go of clinging to money

One of the things I want to let go of is clinging to money. I often put things off because I'm worried about spending the money. But this can turn into a bigger expense later. So I'm going to let go of clinging to money and focus on using money appropriately.

Clinging to money comes out of a fear of not having enough. My parents were irresponsible with money, and we always lived paycheck to paycheck. I've never felt like I had enough money. I don't want to say I'm letting to of the fear, because that feels too simplistic. We've been bombarded by "just let go of it" as a solution. But what doesn't get faced gets pushed down to fester. I want to be with that fear, see where I can take responsibility, and take action on those points. 

• Be present to the fear.
• Identify actions to take.
• Take action.

2023: A Year of Letting Go

This is going to be a year of letting go. I don’t know what that will look like, but I’m hoping that it will create flow and ease.

Inside of a year of letting go, I want to clean out my house and get rid of things that I am not using, including clothes, books, and other household items. I also want to let go of old habits so that I can create new ones. I want to let go of being sedentary. I need to let go of my marriage. (That's a big one.) And along the way, I will have to let go of some things, and maybe many things, every day.

I want to let go of my need to control things and arguments about that with my mom so that I can respond more positively and have the best relationship possible. 

I want to let go of resentments about being the only person who I can count on in my life. That is a source of power and I can meet that with gentle gratitude that I am able to be independent and take care of myself. 

I may need to let go of other relationships. I may need to let go of my job, and I want to let go of my dissatisfaction with my job. I need to let my son go out into the world with my full support, and without the burden of my worry and concern.

RELATIONSHIP

• Let go of my marriage

FINANCIAL: 

• Let go of excess spending 
• Cancel all my unneeded subscriptions (Apple, streaming services, digital news subs, MyWoof and other dog things) 
• Cancel all my parked URLs 
• Cancel Amazon subscribe and save that I don’t need Look for all other automated charges and cancel those 

HEALTH

• Let go of excess weight
• Let go of old habits and excuses not to exercise

 STUFF

• Clean out photos on iCloud
• Let go of stuff I don't use or need or want
• Clean out fridge, freezer and cabinets
• Clean out storage shed and garage
• Let go of subscriptions to email lists

MENTAL

• Let go of black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking
• Let go of dissatisfaction with my job
• Let go of limits on my career
• Let go of waiting for the perfect moment

Ultimately, I want to let go of what I think I know and how I think things are. That will free me up a lot. A year of letting go. 

Next step is to attach actions to all of these things, such that if I do the actions the results will follow.