Picture yourself in the future.

You go into a store and you buy whatever you want.

You go home at the end of your day and relax into your favorite chair with a nice drink. You don’t think about money because money is not an issue to you.

You go to work every day because you are doing something that gives your life meaning, not because it gives you a paycheck.

You are surrounded by people who lift you up. They challenge you and they are there for you in good times and bad.

That’s what rich feels like.

What if I told you that the person I just described had ten million dollars?

What if I told you that the person I just described had $100?

Feeling rich isn’t about a number.
Feeling rich is about confidence.

Feeling rich is about feeling into your abundance.

And feeling rich is about knowing that you will be OK no matter what.

Confidence is available to you at any time.

THAT’s where to direct your attention.

Most people have a plan A.
That’s when you are making the money you want to make, you have everything you need, and the money for more than what you need.

Sweeeeet!

Things are going as planned.

You may have a plan B.
You have a savings account and some retirement savings.
You have that collection of old Barbies that must be worth something… hmmm.
And there’s always credit cards, of course.

You may even have a plan C.
A and B haven’t worked out, but you have close family and reliable friends who you can tap into for emergency funds.
And how much is plasma going for these days?
Phew!

But what about plan Z?
What about when things go completely wonky?

Having to go to plan Z is what worries most women underneath the daily busyness.

My plan Z fears involves deep debt, I have lost my car, and my business is in ruins.

But at least I have plenty of time to meditate and coach myself because I’m not working.

What would I do?
I would get a job.
I would camp if needed.
I would use the library.
I would simplify my life.
And I would help other people less fortunate.

Would plan Z actually be needed?
Almost certainly not.
I have safeguards in place.

But I’m ready if it happens.
I have thought about the worst case scenario and that alone makes it less scary than if I left plan Z in the fuzzy area of the periphery of my mind where scary things normally live.
Plus, even more importantly…

If plan Z is needed, I can handle it.

It would probably really suck, but I could survive.
And there’s a chance I would actually thrive.
There is something to be said for dropping all of the extra stuff and expectations and becoming a river raft guide.

What is your plan Z?

It’s the cross stitch pictured above.

“A wife can throw out more with a teaspoon than a husband can bring home with a wheelbarrow.”

It’s true.

That’s what makes it so insidious.

But just because it’s true doesn’t mean it’s the slogan I should use to lead my life.

Just because my parents believed it doesn’t mean I have to.

There is scarcity.
Lock down tight on any spending.
There is danger of it all getting away from you without you even knowing it.

That’s the writing on the wall in my parent’s house.
Literally.

Those are the messages that underlay everything my parents taught me.

It seemed so smart and safe.

But now that I see it’s based on fear I can decide that its not serving me.

I can choose to change my belief.

I can believe that scarcity attracts scarcity and abundance attracts abundance.

Because I do believe that.

Now that I see what I believe I am free to change it.

And little changes create big shifts.