Mindsets

When was the last time you changed your mind about something important? I’m not talking about crowning a new favorite restaurant or deciding that you are “officially done with shorts”. I’m talking about a making a purposeful, meaningful change to what you believe about something that made a big impact on your life.

I’ve never really believed that some people are inherently luckier than others but I have a friend who has been snake-bitten for as long as I can remember.

You’re walking down the street on a sunny Saturday morning, savoring the 75%+ of your weekend that still remains, when a question pops into your head. Unbeknownst to you, this seemingly innocuous query is the single most dangerous threat to your financial well-being.

If I asked you to name what is most important in your life, you would tell me some combination of your family, your friends, your faith, your career/work, and maybe a specific cause or two. But what if I followed that question with this one?:

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been really good at establishing new habits. The witches’ brew of a type-A personality, a borderline obsession with traditions, and a constitutional resistance to spontaneity has made it much easier for me than for most people to ingrain routines into my daily life.

My first ever bite of summer squash was a revelation.

I weighed 130 pounds when I graduated high school. Not a great look for someone one unyielding quarter-inch shy of six feet.

Late last year, while riding a pre-workout supplement high at the gym, an idea for a social experiment popped into my head.

Even if your DadBod isn’t in the financial domain, mastering your personal finances will go a long way toward supporting your progress and growth in all the other areas of your life. Think of it as maximizing the amount of DadBod destroying resources at your disposal.

I may, or may not, have a ticking time bomb inside my head.