Clear The Money Clutter

Feb 16, 2011 by Peggy Nolan

For those of you who listened to our amazing show with Breakthrough Your Money BS Coach, Maureen Campaiola, I know you’re well on your way to clearing your money clutter.

I’m excited to bring you her follow up guest blog post!

Clear the Clutter by Maureen Campaiola

What would you say if I asked you to name all the ways you prevent money from flowing to you?  Would you be able to answer the question or would you look at me with confusion?

Not sure what I mean?  There are countless ways we block money from flowing into our lives and often times we are completely unaware of those blocks.

Let’s start with Physical Clutter.  Now, you might be asking what physical
clutter has to do with opening the floodgates to making more money; but rest
assured it has a lot to do with your ability to attract and make more.

Where do you keep your bills that need to be paid?  Are they strewn all over
the place, needing  to be filed?  Do you keep some in your office and others
in your car?  I want you to go and collect all the bills that need to be
paid and place them in a folder with “Bills to be Paid” written across the
front.  Make a commitment that each time a bill arrives in the mail, you
will put that bill that needs to be paid in that folder.

Now let’s examine the physical clutter that has accumulated in your wallet.
Yup, that’s right.take out your wallet and look at it.  Is it stuffed to the
gills with receipts and junk?  Is your money neatly organized with bills in
order or is it just thrown in there?

I want you to clean out your wallet so you can make room for more money.
How on earth will you handle more money coming to you if you can’t even keep
your wallet clean and organized?  Where will you put all that money?
There’s no room in your wallet unless you clean it out!  Do it today, ok?

The second area worth exploring is Schedule Clutter.  Schedule Clutter is
things like interruptions in your daily activities, other priorities that
seep into your day and feelings of overwhelm when working.

These too are all energy drains and block the natural flow of abundance and
money.  Develop a schedule and stick to it.  Answer emails only once or
twice a day.  Turn off that little bell that dings on your computer when you
get new emails, or better yet, close out your email while you work.  Don’t
say yes to appointments or other distractions that interfere with you
accomplishing what you want and need to do each day.  This will help you to
accomplish even more in your day and will reduce those feelings of
overwhelm.

The next area is Emotional Clutter, which includes difficult relationships,
draining relationships and people that have poor boundaries.  You probably
read that last line and said, “Oh boy, I know exactly what she means.”

We have all been there, surrounded by people who suck the life out of us,
intrude into our lives, and are just plain awful people to deal with.  Don’t
put up with it any longer.  These relationships are so detrimental to your
ability to increase the flow of abundance and prosperity into your life that
it’s scary!  When you stop trying to manage the situations that drain your
energy, you find that you have more energy to devote to the really important
areas of your life.

The final area I want to discuss today is Money Clutter.  This includes
accounts that are not current, being unclear about how much money you bring
into your business, and your personal and business debt.  Can you feel how
just reading this creates a heaviness and energy drain in your body?  Is
this you?  Can you see why this needs to be addressed immediately?

Let’s tackle your accounts that aren’t current.  Paying your bills on time
every month will take care of the money clutter that blocks more money from
coming to you.  When you ignore your bills because you’re afraid to open
your checking account, or you’re not sure if you have the money to pay your
bills, you create a lot of drama, stress and chaos.

Starting today, I want you to write down when you will pay your bills each
month.  Go to the calendar and pencil in the date and do so for the
remainder of the year.  Depending on how your money comes in you may need to
pay bills weekly.  That’s ok.  The important thing is that you pay the bills
at the same time each week or month and you do so consistently.

By clearing up these clutter areas in your life, you will remove the energy block that is preventing you from attracting money into your life. Don’t know where to start?  Pick one area and take it one step at a time.  I would love to hear how you are going to clear out the clutter to make room for more money in your life!

Do you want to learn more ways to rid yourself of these and other bad money habits?  Sign up for my FREE Mini Course:  “Clearing Money Clutter” and start changing your bad money habits to good ones!

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0811wife, a listener who is also a member, commented in the forum discussion, “Thanks Peggy! Your show really opened up an opportunity for Hubs and I to talk finances. I’m feeling less stress even though I saw how much work we have in front of us and I also see that it is doable!” And my co-host Teresa followed up with a blog post of her own: My Money Bullsh!t

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