Day 130 on my journey: I got “Zapped”!!!

Last night Joan zapped us on the teleclass. Zapped? Yep! She did some energy work on us and it felt great. I downloaded the audio and will be doing it again so it can sink in!

I could feel the energy. It was nice and warm. She asked us to release something that we wanted to let go off and make the sound that went with the feelings. I couldn’t really do that, because my husband was in the room with me.:-( And to be honest I did not have a clue what sound to make. I feel like my throat is stuck or something. I can’t let go.

I’ll just have to try it a few more times and see what happens. Although this experience has made me realize how much I isolate myself. I didn’t really feel part of the group. This is my biggest block I think. To get out of my isolation and feel part of something.

I do feel closer to my husband which is really great and I’ve noticed that I don’t feel like spending as much as I used to, even though I have some money in my wallet.

I even put some money aside this month. A major breakthrough!

Day 111 on my journey: Loving my new healing stone!

I love the stone Joan send me. Today I felt a bit tired after lunch so I sat down and held the stone for a few minutes. I felt so much better in just a few minutes. Amazing!

I left a message in our Google group to let the others know how great the stone is. I love just holding it and it has a really cute little gold colored bag. I’ll try to remember to take a picture.

I feel like slowly but surely I am directed towards a more organized and fulfilling life. I say this because I am getting messages left and right about things like getting rid of clutter and how to market your business.

I’m so proud of myself for not giving up. Although at the moment studying for my CIW exams is taking up a bit of my time and working as well.

I’m still writing posts for this blog, which in itself is amazing… well done!

Oh and remember the first positive habit I want to instill: writing down 3 most important tasks every morning? I have been doing that and feeling proud about that as well.

Day 45 on my journey: Made progress!

So now I’m an officer of the Hurricane of Gratitude group on facebook. My title is “Life Explorer”. Alex (founder of the group) added me and a few others as well.

It has always been hard for me to connect to other people. I’ve always seen myself as a loner. There are so many excuses and reasons I could come up with, why I prefer to be by myself, but I feel like I’ve made some progress when it comes to connecting to others.

And the great thing about it, is that I am myself. Like I said I love to learn and I also love to share my knowledge.

I listened to a great BlogTalkRadio show by Joan Sotkin on this day. She interviewed a lady called Barbara Stanny on Overcoming under earning. It was a great show. I have to listen to it again, because my daughters interrupted me, but I learned a lot again from what I did hear.

According to Barbara an under earner is someone who no matter how much they make, always feel that they don’t have enough. They do not value themselves. They say sorry a lot.

On the show Joan coached someone who considered herself to be an under earner. If you want to know what she adviced her to do, please just go to BlogTalkRadio show by Joan Sotkin and listen to the show. There are some other shows there that are really great as well.

Another thing that I did on this day was go to the beach with my husband and kids. It was great.

I really feel good at the moment. It’s great to connect to others. I know I keep saying it, but I feel I can’t say it often enough.

Day 34 on my journey: My journey continues…!

On this day it was my husband’s 40th birthday. He doesn’t care much about his birthday, so there was no big party or anything.

I used to love celebrating my birthday, but because of my husband and me getting older I don’t really do anything special anymore. I have a really nice friend who is taking me out to dinner or to a saloon for my birthday this year.

That’s something that I’ve noticed a lot in my life. People giving me things. I guess that means that I am generous as well, although I don’t always feel like I am.

Having this belief that you don’t have enough no matter what you do, will kind of make you stingy. On the other hand I am very generous with giving people attention and loving care.

Just more proof that money is just an expression of relationships. I may not have that much money, but I feel less deprived at the moment. I don’t worry as much about how to get debt free. I just know I will…

Day 31 on my journey: First day of month two…!

The first day of month two is here. Every 30 days I’ll get access to the next month, until 6 months has been reached.

I downloaded the workbook and the first audio about getting emotional issues out of the way. Last month was all about laying a foundation and getting rid of financial fear. This month we’re going to look at issues caused by the family of origin.

I am really curious to know which emotions are holding me back from moving forward.

I read the suggested part of the BYMM book, but haven’t done the actions yet. I still need to do some actions for month one. There is no time limit on this program. I just have to keep doing something every day or as often as possible. Listening to Joan’s audio is always really helpful.

I feel good. My journey to debt free prosperous living continues…

Day 3 on my journey: I’m on track…

Even though I just started the program I feel like I’m on track. At the moment I am listening to a tele class that was recorded on September 30th. It’s great to listen to Joan talk to people and give advice.

I spoke to a co-worker today and I realized that I’ve already come quite a long way from where I used to be. I am connecting more to other people now and I’ve noticed that I’ve also attracted more money. Money is attached to people so that makes prefect sense to me.

It’s one thing to know things in theory but another to really experience them and I’m really grateful and happy to see the changes in me.

There are a few exercises I still have to do and I will do them in the coming days. As a result of these exercises I will know exactly where I stand and what needs to be done to move forward.

I’ll keep you posted…

Day 2 on my journey: I’m off to a great start…

Like I said yesterday I was going to start keeping track of my cash flow and I did. I set up my excel sheet (using OpenOffice by the way) and I’ve recorded my spending for yesterday and today. It feels good. It makes me feel more in control of my money. It really feels great to see how much I have left and where some of it went.

Before I would have a vague idea of what I’d done with my money.

Another thing that was suggested is to get a prosperity buddy. Someone to encourage and who encourages you.

I found a buddy through the group on facebook! And I think it was meant to be, because I had been reading her posts and kind of felt like we would make a good team. So I got a response from her to my general buddy request and send her a friend request. Let’s see how it all works out. I really hope we get along great together and that we’ll be able to help each other succeed.

I’m about to go and listen to some more of the audio and do some reading…

So the journey continues tomorrow…

I’m ready for the first month of my journey…

I just finished downloading all the material for my first month on Joan’s “Build Your Money Muscles for Financial Strength & Security” program. It was quite a lot. She’s helping me lay down the basics.

I am now busy downloading the bonuses. There’s six of them. One of the links is not working. I’ll have to let Joan know about that.

Yesterday I already started reading the BYMM book. Maybe today or tomorrow I’ll be invited to join the group on Facebook. Oh I forgot to mention we’re also getting teleclasses. Since I’m in Kuwait I’ll probably listen to the streaming audio, but I’ll do my best to phone in at least once a month so I can ask my questions. Because of the financial crisis at the moment there’s a teleclass every week.

This is great! Can’t wait to get started…

I’ve had enough!!!

My journey to debt free prosperous living is starting today. I’m really excited, but I’ve also had enough.

I’ve had enough of:

• having debts
• worrying about money
• not being able to just buy what I want to buy
• not being financially free
• not having any personal savings
• not being able to just go out and see a movie with my friends or kids

This list could go on and on, but I’ll keep it at that.

I’ve come a long way though. My situation used to be worse. I have done quite some soul searching and changed a few of my bad money habits, but I realized that I couldn’t do it alone any more. I needed help, so I joined Joan Sotkin’s program called “Build Your Money Muscles for Financial Strength & Security”.

Today is my first day of 6 months of support on my journey to debt free prosperous living. I foresee that at the end of the 6 months I’ll at least feel more prosperous. I hope to pay off all my debts in these 6 months. With my current mind set that has just not been possible so far, but I am 100% sure I’ll be well on my way at the end of the 6 months…

Joan is such a generous and wonderful person. I know she wants me to succeed and I will. I bought a new computer today and was busy setting it up half of the day. It’s almost 1:00am and I’m still up downloading the material in the program and the software I need to be able to read and listen to all the info.

The program is set up in a way that helps you stay on track and slowly morphs you into someone with better money habits. Every month more info is added, so you are led on a path to debt free prosperous living with the support of Joan, but also with the support of all the other people who join the program every day.

In a few days I’ll join a group of people on the same journey as me, on Facebook. I can’t wait to meet with others so we can help each other adapt to a more prosperous way of living.

This first month I received Joan’s award winning book “Build Your Money Muscles”, a workbook, around 10 audio files, worksheets, links to sites where I can learn more about money management, information about two techniques I can use to get rid of limiting believes and blocks, bonuses… just to much to mention.

Every day I’ll read something, listen to the audio, follow the workbook and just take my time to get used to all the new habits… this is not a get-rich-quick scheme so I have to take my time…

I’m making this blog my homepage so It’ll be easier to remember to write something in my prosperity journal or just ramble on about whatever I feel like sharing.

This is going to be a great journey, I can FEEL IT!!!

It’s my intention to use this blog to keep track of my progress. I have noticed that I am not really the type to write on paper. I prefer doing it online… I love being on the Internet, so I’ll keep my journal here.

You are more than welcome to follow me on my journey…