I haven’t been to the dentist in over 10 years.
I’m 43 years old and terrified of the dentist, which is pretty much why I haven’t been in a decade.
So, when one of my teeth started bothering me a few months ago, I kept pushing off making an appointment.
With my dental history and 10 years of little preventative care, I knew that it wasn’t going to be as simple as just going in for a cleaning.
Finally, the pain overrode my fear and I ended up in the dentist’s chair last week.
By the end of the appointment, they had discovered that the “problem tooth” required a root canal, two other teeth needed new crowns, and eight total teeth had cavities.
In less than a couple of hours I was staring at an estimated $8k of upcoming dental work.
Plus, that root canal needed to happen pronto.
So, I found myself back with the endodontist that same week.
Between the hours I spent at the dentist’s office and the hours I spent feeling anxious over the appointment, I lost two days of work on top of the money that I’ll now have to spend to get my teeth in better shape.
Now, the point of this story is not to tell you to go see your dentist – though that may not be a bad idea.
The point is that if I had taken preventative measures, I would have spent less money and resources over time – and probably experienced less tooth pain.
And this is exactly what happens with unmanaged money trauma.
We all have fears or things that stop us from getting what we want or need because of stories we tell ourselves surrounding our money.
So we wait and wait and wait some more, just dealing with the pressure or pain until we can’t NOT deal with it anymore.
Every time we wait or put something off, it’s going to cost us more in the end.
And this isn’t just with money but with other resources as well.
Like if we dread talking to new people so we just avoid new interactions, how many opportunities for new clients and new revenue did we miss as a result?
When we are avoiding healing our money stories or managing our money meltdowns, we are costing ourselves money, time, energy, people, etc., and keeping ourselves from what we ultimately want.
Here’s the 3-2-1 on not waiting any longer to face your money stress.
3 TRUTHS
- The pain points we have around money are stories we’ve created based on past trauma. We have to stop ignoring those pain points and figure out what’s going to solve them.
- Waiting to take action on resolving our money stories or managing our money meltdowns will cost us more in the end – in time, energy, relationships, and opportunities, not just money.
- We have to opt into the story that says “we get what we want and money doesn’t stop us.”
2 ACTIONS
- Identify one money pain point you’ve been ignoring and determine what action you will take to solve it.
- Seriously, if you’re not doing your Stop the Money Meltdown routine, make it happen. It’s the money version of brushing and flossing your teeth.
1 QUESTION
- What am I hoping will happen if I wait?
I’m not a therapist but I do understand trauma around money and I do know that the longer you wait to heal that trauma or rewrite those money stories or manage those money meltdowns the larger they’ll fester until they infect everything and leave you in a much worse state. Remember, waiting will only cost you more in the long run.
If you’re ready to stop ignoring your pain points and blaming money, schedule a prosperity call today. I promise it’s not as painful as going to the dentist. https://www.proceduresforprosperity.com/prosperitycall
To your impact and legacy,
