What Your Spending Says About You 💸✨

Everything in life is a relationship — including the one you have with money.

I’ve been working on mine for some time now.

I used to be stuck in a deep poverty mindset.

Not just in the bank account — but in how I saw value, how I made choices, how I believed life had to work.

I’d stand between two drinks at a shop. One felt exciting — something new. But the other was 50 cents cheaper… and I’d walk away with that.

I’d think three, four, five times before buying something I actually liked — weighing the practicality, the alternatives, the what-ifs.

I’d take public transport even when my hourly rate had increased, still choosing to save a few dollars over saving hours of my own life.

Every action, in hindsight, told a deeper story.

🪙 I feared running out.

🪙 I believed money had to be earned through grind and struggle.

🪙 I constantly needed to justify every expense as “worth it,” even if that meant spending time, energy, or peace just to save a few coins.

That mindset was no longer frugal — it was limiting.

It capped my ability to expand, to receive, and to evolve.

Time is the only resource we don’t get back.

What’s the point of having more money if I’m using it to build a life I no longer have time to live?

So I began shifting.

Not into blind abundance or careless spending — but into trust. Into alignment.

And I started to see the real return of money:

🌱 It can bend time — bringing future outcomes into the present through education, mentorship, or expert support

🌏 It can unlock rich experiences — a day in a village I’ve never heard of, a taste of a life I’d never imagined

🗝 It can create freedom — freedom to choose how I spend my days, where I go, and who I do life with

Now, before I spend, I ask:

What does this bring me?

If the answer is validation, the high wears off fast.

If the answer is alignment — with my values, my health, my truth — then it’s a clear yes.

So when I found myself outgrowing a smaller gym, even though a bigger membership felt like a “luxury”… I paused.

Not to overthink — but to ask, Does this bring me closer to the life I want to live?

Yes?

Then that’s the answer.

💬 Your turn

What was the last purchase that made you hesitate — and what did it reveal about your relationship with money?