Tune in to “not Yet” to Prepare for Your Financial Future.
If you are not already in the know about your finances, you probably feel like you never will. Debt seems overwhelming and impossible to save. Fight this despair by switching from failure to “not yet”.
As personal finance site She Picks Up Pennies explains, identifying financial goals that you haven’t met as “not met yet” can help you look more productively towards your future. If you feel that it is impossible to pay off student loans or save for retirement, well, you can probably confirm that belief. However, if you see these goals as things that you simply haven’t achieved yet, you are more likely to look for practical ways to achieve them:
Because I am a person who is constantly obsessed with failure, I gave up the idea of failure, and this brought me relief. I haven’t flunked my personal finances. I didn’t miss a goal. I’m just not there yet. I’ll get there. Perhaps I am already on the second mile, while everyone is looking at the finish line, but I will continue to swim further.
This can apply to many areas of your financial life. You may not be able to pay off your debt today, but at some point you will. Maybe you cannot afford to buy a home now, but someday. The goal here is not to deny yourself, but to see your goals as achievable so that you don’t ruin your chances before you even start.
Using the power of “not yet” | She makes a pittance through Rockstar Finance