This post hit home. I have known feelings of scarcity, have lost all belongings twice, home foreclosure, spent a short stint homeless, jobless a few times, disability and more. I've been there. I've been everywhere. I do not, however, suffer with a scarcity mindset anymore. The iterations of my life demonstrate resilience. I have incorporated many of your tools. I'm learning to play the cello, preparing to shop my manuscript, digging deeper into friendships, getting spiritually grounded, traveling internationally to almost anywhere with a great museum, embracing a simple and genuine life, and in so doing, finding joy. Thank you for this newsletter. Today has been challenging and it has helped tremendously to read your post and reflect on my life, with the knowledge that I am resilient, that I try to live in a place of gratitude, and that what I am supposed to have, I shall. Is it a privileged lens I'm looking through? That question begs answering. Most people cannot will themselves out of poverty with new-age thinking. There is strength, though, in perseverance and resilience for those not too beaten down by life to employ them.
I feel like I'm still rewiring myself from the scarcities during COVID. I can appreciate even more now how deeply the Great Depression affected my grandmother and her tendencies.
Love this message and the focus on what is real and true right now; not on what items we don’t have or what we can’t do. Comparing and despairing is so toxic .
Thank you for keeping your content in email updates to us. I hate that those I used to support are now making us pay in Substack to read what they used to send us without an extra charge. It is a real turnoff so wanted you to know how much I appreciate your approach.
I found your article very insightful. The Covid experience sensitized me to the concerns of my parents' generation that stemmed from the Great Depression. Add to that a long cultural history of being ousted from countries as soon as a group got too comfortable. In this context, it is hard to resist the temptation to stockpile as a shield against the possibility that the worst could occur.
Such important reminders! Our competitive culture reinforces this idea of winners and losers, getting it right or wrong, being in or out. But everyones life experience is independent of these expectations. I can succeed (in my own ways) AND you can succeed (in yours). I wrote on this topic last month, so good to continue to reflect on positives, accomplishments, and success by your own unit of measurement
This post hit home. I have known feelings of scarcity, have lost all belongings twice, home foreclosure, spent a short stint homeless, jobless a few times, disability and more. I've been there. I've been everywhere. I do not, however, suffer with a scarcity mindset anymore. The iterations of my life demonstrate resilience. I have incorporated many of your tools. I'm learning to play the cello, preparing to shop my manuscript, digging deeper into friendships, getting spiritually grounded, traveling internationally to almost anywhere with a great museum, embracing a simple and genuine life, and in so doing, finding joy. Thank you for this newsletter. Today has been challenging and it has helped tremendously to read your post and reflect on my life, with the knowledge that I am resilient, that I try to live in a place of gratitude, and that what I am supposed to have, I shall. Is it a privileged lens I'm looking through? That question begs answering. Most people cannot will themselves out of poverty with new-age thinking. There is strength, though, in perseverance and resilience for those not too beaten down by life to employ them.
I feel like I'm still rewiring myself from the scarcities during COVID. I can appreciate even more now how deeply the Great Depression affected my grandmother and her tendencies.
Love this message and the focus on what is real and true right now; not on what items we don’t have or what we can’t do. Comparing and despairing is so toxic .
Thank you for keeping your content in email updates to us. I hate that those I used to support are now making us pay in Substack to read what they used to send us without an extra charge. It is a real turnoff so wanted you to know how much I appreciate your approach.
I found your article very insightful. The Covid experience sensitized me to the concerns of my parents' generation that stemmed from the Great Depression. Add to that a long cultural history of being ousted from countries as soon as a group got too comfortable. In this context, it is hard to resist the temptation to stockpile as a shield against the possibility that the worst could occur.
Love this piece! So much ideas to reframe my vision of «wealth» <3
This is so brilliant and valuable. As I look around my home overfilled with possessions, I think you are speaking to me! Thank you for sharing this.
Love this so much <3 <3 <3
Such important reminders! Our competitive culture reinforces this idea of winners and losers, getting it right or wrong, being in or out. But everyones life experience is independent of these expectations. I can succeed (in my own ways) AND you can succeed (in yours). I wrote on this topic last month, so good to continue to reflect on positives, accomplishments, and success by your own unit of measurement