Yesterday wasn’t easy for me to share. Nobody wants to reveal the skeletons or more appropriate, monsters in their closet. I discovered by bringing problems into the light it helps dissolve them.

How do I keep my Money Honey around? Definitely like him much better than the monster.

Everything I did up to this point supported my money monster relationship. Obviously some changes need to happen.

Following the exercises in Morgana’s Financial Alchemy workbook and CD really help.

I needed to think of Money in terms of a person and develop a relationship with this person. Morgana said to keep my money honey around all I need to do was ask him.

So I asked. It’s hard to start a new relationship with reminders of the old relationship staring at you. My Military Money Honey said take of the content in those boxes. All of the boxes this time.

On days I didn’t feel like dealing with the mail, it piled up and eventually the piles went into banker boxes… Many banker boxes.

Goal: Sort through the content of the boxes while making sure no new mail piles occurred.

Cleaning Up Money Messes – Part One

1. New mail handled immediately when it came in.

2. Create a "home" for the contents in the boxes. So everything had a place. Ideas and task came to me while I did this project. On my project mindmap I started "Wealth Transformation" branch to track everything. ( this is a free software program and training video at http://simplifyyoursuccess.com)

Working on the boxes a couple hours a day should clean them out in about a month. Dealing with the actual contents would take longer. I realized it took years to create this financial mess and may take a few to totally eliminate the results of my previous actions.

3. Use folders and document holder to temporarily house the information as I sorted it.

• I kept only the most recent bill and pitched all the rest
• I sorted my medical bills from the regular bills
• Put all outstanding and overdue bills in another folder
• I got all my bank statements and put them in order
• I pitched all outdated advertisements ect.

I even found several checks in those boxes!

Using my "Wealth Transformation" Mind Map, I listed action steps for those folders and began putting systems in place.

Money Honey Reality Check

My money honey next told me to figure out how much was going out and how much was coming in.

I made a list of the current debt and current income. Sad part… many of those outstanding, overdue bills wouldn’t exist if I didn’t keep over drafting and bouncing.

My next task, make the scary phone calls for those outstanding… very overdue bills and make arrangements where necessary.

Every time I did something scary or unpleasant, I felt more empowered and in control. I would tell myself  if survived abuse and broke the cycle of abuse, I can do this and survive as well.

The next thing would be my banking account. I’ll talk more about this tomorrow.

Changing Negative Limiting Money Beliefs to Positive Beliefs

My Money Honey made it much easier to really replace those negative beliefs about money.

One thing – he wasn’t filthy… not in that crisp white clean uniform
He smelled nice, especially with the roses
Couldn’t see anything disgusting either. He definitely wasn’t evil.

Day one you made a list of your negative money beliefs. Now write out a positive money belief for each one on your list.

For example:
The love of money is the root of all evil.

Replacement:
I love money and money loves me.  (hard to be in a loving relationship with somebody you find as evil)

Your 21 Day Money Mindset Steps:

Download today’s action sheet for your Money Mindset Play Book and complete Day Three’s Action Steps. You’ll find the download link in your email. (use the form below to the start 21 Day Money Mindset Challenge)

Coming Up Next:

Tomorrow I introduce you to another "companion" who controls many aspects of your life. Plus I’ll continue with the steps of cleaning up my "Money Monster" messes.

Share below how you’re finding the series helpful

Ann Rusnak

p.s. I’ll be posting Day4 on the blog tomorrow, but if you want to make sure you don’t miss a single day of the 21 Day Challenge, make sure you’re getting my update alerts via email!

Other posts of the series

1. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 21 - The Eighth Step Toward Riches
2. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 20 - Forgiving Mistakes
3. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 19 - The Law of Circulation
4. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 18 - Attitude of Gratitude
5. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 17 - Simple Steps to Stop Lack Mentality
6. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 16 - Picture Yourself With Money
7. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 15 - How Money Works
8. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 14 - Your Most Important Relationship
9. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 13 - Stopping Fear
10. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 12 - Money Affirmation Video
11. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 11 - Disarming Your Money Critic
12. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 10 - Self Worth and Net Worth
13. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 9 - Healthy Money Relationship
14. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 8 - Making Room for Money
15. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 7 - Power of Your Subconscious Mind
16. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 6 - The Truth About Sowing and Reaping
17. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 5 - Ooh La La I Like Him
18. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 4 - Your Secret Companion
19. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 3 - Talk Nice To Money (This post)
20. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 2 - Big, Bad and Menancing
21. [Money Mindset Challenge] Day 1 - The Money Miracle