If there’s one thing I wish someone had told me when I was drowning in US$60,000 (R700, 000 then) debt, it was that - you can be strategic in how you pay off your debt.
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If there’s one thing I wish someone had told me when I was drowning in US$60,000 (R700, 000 then) debt, it was that - you can be strategic in how you pay off your debt.
One of the fears we work on in the Fall In Love With Your Bank Account Challenge is the fear of running out of money and the shame we feel around our finances.
Instead I kept recreating debt and using all my earnings to donate to charities or buy things I didn't need. And freaking out that my family would find out that I was making money and would ask me for money, when I really didn't have money.
Trauma makes you forget about your magic and yourself. Understanding your past about money will help you know how you impact your relationship with money. Money is just a tool, you’re in complete control, and you can point it to whatever you want it to achieve.
Lesego explains that money is not just a mode of exchange, it also carries energy that takes the form of who you are. Your currency is in the emotion. Your trauma and emotions that govern money determine your energy around money.
In this week’s podcast, I talk to Lettia Moroke, a telecommunication specialist at Regulatory Icasa (The Independent Communication Authorities of South Africa). Lettia specialises in Mobile network performance across the network. After working for a number of years, Lettia foresaw herself taking the same path as her father. He worked hard for many years but didn’t have anything tangible to show.