“Numbers to leave Numbers. Form to leave Form.” This is the way Josh Waitzkin describes his practice of embodied learning in chess and martial arts. Not caring about money can mean ignoring it. Which in turn lets it control you. Stilling the waves of money anxiety starts with paying attention to the rhythms. It can start with arbitrary rules and effort in areas you do not value. To get to the stage where you are in control, and move freely, there is awkward, uncomfortable, work to do. Get comfortable with discomfort. Many of our expenses have a pattern. We do not spend the same each month, but look at enough months and there tends to be a regular high and low. A range. There are also fixed expenses. Things we know in advance will come monthly or annually. Then there is the noise, the stuff we cannot control. But can plan for through building flexibility. If you get breathing space between the exhalation (spending) and inhalation (income), you can build a buffer for whatever life throws. Then you can build an Engine so you can gradually free yourself from being an earning machine. Increasing your capacity to say Yes, No, or not right now.
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