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A “Quality of Life” versus “Quantity of Things”
As you learned in the first Workbook, much of your life is occupied with buying and maintaining possessions and property. Your daily choices, actions, and thoughts about your possessions need to be in line with your financial philosophy. You’ll recall your financial philosophy is
the rule that affects how you think about and use money. It determines your attitude toward the quantity or quality of possessions, and their importance to you. It also shapes what you feel most comfortable with and are drawn to as you deal with life’s changes. But, just what determines the rules or values you like and will use, and which ones you won’t?
Your Experiences
Psychologists studying behavior have shown people often act the way they do because of their previous experiences. You tend to prefer and repeat those experiences that make you feel good—and are inclined to reject and avoid experiences that make you feel badly. It can really be that simple.
What makes you feel good or bad? For example, many things or experiences can make you feel good like: acceptance from others, success, security, achieving goals, laughter and companionship, even simple things that taste, smell, sound, look, or feel good—just to name a few. Consider your
own life and your relationship to people, places, and things around you, and then answer these questions.
1. List several things in your life that make you feel good:
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“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
~ William Blake
2. List several things in your life that make you feel badly:
This may give you more insight into what motivates you into action or persuades you to avoid certain things and situations.
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