7 Must-have Tips to becoming Financially Sovereign
Are you ready to change your life for the better? Ready to escape your financial troubles and become financially sovereign? It feels really great to be free from your financial worries. But I also know how it feels to battle money woes. At one point, I hit rock bottom and thought my life would fall apart. It seemed that everyone let me down, and I did not know how I would pay the rent or look after my kids alone!
Thankfully, instead of allowing this life-changing event to destroy me. I discovered my true wealth and turned the seemingly impossible situation around. The result was that I became independent from the systems controlling my money. If you want to start your journey to financial self-sustainability, here are seven tips to help you get there so you can enjoy all its benefits.
Understand who is in control
Firstly you have to realise that you are in control of your money. Many people give up their control or fear making their own financial decisions. But the key to financial sovereignty is understanding that you’re responsible for making sound financial decisions. You decide what money goes into and out of your accounts.
Be mindful of your values
Values are the foundation of how you live your life, and they dictate your financial decisions and behaviour. That’s why people make smarter decisions when they want more out of life and start to live up to a healthier set of values. For some, finding meaning and purpose in life could be a goal. Others may wish for better jobs, more money, and even ease and grace in their lives. These values will guide them.
Avoid the convenience trap
As adults, we all have responsibilities. And our lives will reflect the level at which we are committed to meeting these responsibilities. To base decisions on what is convenient for you instead of what’s good for you is a trap. Many choose convenience because they are unwilling to do the extra work their more responsible choice requires. Some even prefer having financial problems because it’s a convenient excuse not to work at doing better. It’s easier to blame their problems on a lack of money than to do the hard work to change their situation. Yet, If a person is committed enough to turn their life around and make it meaningful, they’ll find a way.
Discover your true wealth
Knowing you have everything inside of you to create the life you want and then working hard to create it is the secret to true wealth! You just need to be willing to take responsibility and do the work. Only you can tap into your skills, experience, knowledge, gifts, talents, and passions to create an abundant life.
Flip the switch on how you see responsibility
Responsibility doesn’t always feel glamorous, but it is an opportunity to do good work and make a difference. The secret is to take it on with joy instead of seeing it as a duty or a burden. If you do what you love and love what you do, you’ll enjoy it so much it won’t feel like work. The secret is to see responsibility as an honour (something you get to do) and not a chore (something you have to do).
Amp up your self-worth
You have to believe that you deserve it! You have to believe that you can do it. Self-worth gives you the energy and inner confidence to show up and do what you need to do. It helps you to be present in every moment and live life to its fullest potential. You can only do it if you feel worthy of what’s happening.
Handle Interference
The point of manifestation is to follow your intuition and allow the Universe to help you achieve your goal. Not to try to create something that wasn’t meant for you. But at times, you may be doing everything right and get interference.
Interference is the way the Universe teaches you a lesson or guides you. It may come as a feather, a brick or a truck. Sometimes it shows up as a little tickle, an awareness of what you need to do that doesn’t affect your life too much. Other times it can show up as an entire semi-trailer that completely tears apart your world to get you on the path you’re meant to be on.
When this happens, it is important not to outsource your power to someone or something else. Remember, you decide what is good for you and which direction you want to go. Simply take the lessons and opportunities and keep moving forward. Trust your decisions, knowing that no matter what, you’re on the right path.
Don’t rush the outcome!
There are many stories of people who become successful very quickly. Often, they regret their good luck and wish they had taken things more slowly or handled their success differently. They regret that they rushed the journey of becoming and unbecoming that is required to maintain their success.
If you rush through the steps before you’re ready, you’ll miss out on all the fun along the way. It’s about the journey, not the end result, so don’t try to rush the outcome. The journey forms and prepares you for what you’re meant to do and meant to be.
You can turn any situation around and find true wealth. What’s meant for you will come in its perfect time if you dare to keep going. I challenge you to take what you have learned here and put it into practice. Believe that you deserve success – because you do! Are you ready to start changing your life for the better?