Money.
Money, Money, Money. Last month in the happiness project the focus was money. It is funny how the focuses have fallen so interestingly into my own life. I have definitely spent some serious money over these last few weeks for sure.
Focusing on money when we are talking about happiness seems to be a bit of a dichotomy. Money usually doesn’t get talked about much unless it a problem and bringing stress not happiness.
It is the unexpected ‘holy cows’ that really get the stress going for me. But spending in general can give me heart palpitations; I am not going to lie.
We went on two major vacations and bought a house that needs lots of work. Holy cow!
Good thing the first month’s focus was about organization because we organized the money so we were really able to do all we wanted to. It fit the budget or so to speak.
I guess when it comes to money the real kicker is to talk about it a lot before it gets to be a problem bringing stress and unhappiness. The key to keeping money on the relatively happy end of the spectrum is to make a plan before it gets bad and hope the plan goes well.
So far so good.
p.s. the post is a sort of to be continued. I am going to post pictures of the trips and my new house here soon. Some things are worth the money.
