Money Exercise
Part 4

Ready?

Answer the questions below. Be honest in your responses, remember there are no right or wrong answers, only your truthful ones that will reveal secrets to your inner, most private thoughts.

In Part 2 of this Money Exercise you filled-in an amount in your blank check. (If you have not done Parts 1 through 3 of this exercise please click here before you continue. When you're done come back here.)

1. What amount did you write your check for?

2. Why that amount?

3. What thoughts went through your mind when you were deciding on the amount?

4. What feelings did you experience when you were deciding on the amount? Excitement? Fear? Disbelief?

5. What would have happened if you had chosen a larger amount?

6. What would happen if you chose a smaller amount?

7. Write down 10 beliefs (thoughts) about money that you learned as a child, mainly from the adults in your life. Could be from home, your parents, caretakers, teachers, pastor. Take your time.

8. How have the above beliefs or thoughts affected your life?

9. Write 3 important events in your life where your values concerning money determined the outcome of each event.

10. What feelings did you experience while completing Part 2 of this money exercise?

11.How easy or difficult was this part of the exercise for you?

12.How would your life change if you were to write your own check?

In Part 3 of the money exercise you had 10 minutes to spend the entire amount on your check. Answer the questions below.

1. How did you spend your money? Look at your list.

2. Did you spend money on yourself? How did you spend it and how much? Explain.

3. Did you spend money on others? How did you spend it and how much?

4. Who did you spend it on and why?

5. Was it easy or difficult spending money on yourself?

6. Was it easy or difficult spending money on others?

7. What thoughts were crossing your mind as you spent your money? Write down 5 thoughts here.

8. Did you hesitate at any point of this part of the exercise?

9. How did you feel spending all your money?

10.Were 10 minutes enough time for you to spend your check?

Finally, what did you learn about yourself with this money exercise? How has this exercise changed your perspective on wealth and money? After this exercise, what can you do differently in relating to money and how you spend it?

I'll share with you what I discovered about myself the last time I wrote out my own blank check. I found it revealing that I felt fear in raising the amount on my check. I kept going back and switching the dollar amount higher and higher. I then realized the amount I chose was limited by my own idea of what I deserved or perceived as possible!

When I began to spend it, I found it difficult to let go of all the money. I was continually tempted to save some. In real life it is wise to save a certain amount of your earnings - I'm not advising you don't, but for the purposes of this exercise it's important to explore how easily you let go of your money or hold on to it.

I also discovered that I could choose to appreciate the money I do have right now as I work on increasing my earnings and the quality of my choices on how to spend it.

I hope this exercise has been as useful to you as it has been for me. I recommend you go through it several times. I try to do it at least every other month to learn more about my beliefs and how to transform them into abundant thinking.

To your ever growing success,

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