Satisfied Spending

Embrace Today's Desires. Empower Tomorrow's Passions.

  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Start Here
  • Blog
  • Free Email Course
  • Work with me
    • My Approach
    • One-On-One Coaching
    • About
    • Contact

What is Mindful Spending And Why Should I Practice It?

What is Conscious Spending?What is mindful spending?

Mindful spending is lifestyle-based money management.

Being mindful with your money is a form of conscious spending or intentional spending. It brings awareness of how you think, feel, and act with money for all spending. Mindful spending uses your emotions to create sustainable, satisfying money management.

Budgeting typically listens to your heart once a month (or less) and has your brain set spending amounts based on math. From then until the next budget cycle begins, your spending is measured against numbers, not your life. This can result in a constant tug-of-war between your brain and your heart.

Budgeting is all about your brain. However, lifestyles are created with your heart.  When you practice mindful spending, you nurture your unique lifestyle – not control it.

The Benefits of Mindful Spending

Mindful spending means a lifetime of less struggle and more enjoyment from your money.

If you have ever felt like this, you need mindful spending!

If you have ever:

  • felt guilty for spending money
  • suffered buyer’s remorse
  • struggled to make purchase decisions
  • or hate monitoring your budget

You need mindful spending.

Mindful spending is a long-term cure for spending problems. If you struggle with spending too much or too little you need mindful spending. (Yes, shockingly not spending enough can be an issue too.)

Even if you don’t have spending problems, mindful spending will enhance your life.

By understanding your spending emotions, you lessen the need to monitor your budget numbers. You will gradually begin spending in a way both your brain and your heart agree on.

Depending on your situation, mindful spending may even eliminate your budget completely. Now wouldn’t that be nice? [Read more…]

5 Questions for Mindful Spending: Stop Impulse Shopping

We’ve all been there. Standing in the store or browsing online, feeling the urgent need to buy “it” or wondering if “it” will bring lasting satisfaction. Impulse shopping is the cause of many money woes. Buyer’s remorse happens even with thoughtfully made purchases. Here are 5 questions you can ask yourself to create mindful spending.

Understanding and pursuing mindful spending will:

  • slow impulse shopping
  • reduce buyer’s remorse
  • create lasting satisfaction with money
  • help un-budget your life

Mindful spending is the path to making both your heart and your wallet happy! [Read more…]

What a Budget Looks Like: Why You Need A Budget

Budgets are definitely not a one-size-fits-all money management tool. However, regardless of the budget type, why you need a budget and what a budget looks like visually are the same.

Yes, you must focus your thoughts to create your desired reality. However, sometimes seeing is the quickest path to believing. Don’t you agree?

This visual budget demonstration is a powerful way for you to understand why you (and many others) need a budget.

[Read more…]

One Must Do Action to Improve Your Financial Situation

Honest, lasting personal finance improvement takes time and requires many actions. However, in my book, there is still only one must do action to improve your financial situation.  Even if you do all the other “responsible actions” with your finances, without this one action your finances will never be as awesome (or satisfying) as they could be.

No, I’m not talking about budgets.

Improving your credit score.

Automating savings.

Or paying off your credit card debt.

[Read more…]

Why I Loathe Percentage-Based Budgets

Budgets come in many shapes and forms. And no one budget type is right for everyone. However, I loathe percentage-based budgets. Absolutely. Unequivocally. They upset me and, if you have an ounce of individuality, they should upset you too!

When first starting on my personal finance journey, one of the largest challenges I faced was determining how much I should be spending in each expense category. To answer this question, I turned to percentage-based budgets. After all, I had no clue what was “normal” or what I “should” be spending, but I had a mountain of debt that I needed gone ASAP.

Percentage-based budgets seemed like the perfect answer to my dilemma and a great way to set my finances on track.

[Read more…]

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

Recent Posts

  • What is Mindful Spending And Why Should I Practice It?
  • 5 Questions for Mindful Spending: Stop Impulse Shopping
  • What a Budget Looks Like: Why You Need A Budget
  • One Must Do Action to Improve Your Financial Situation
  • Why I Loathe Percentage-Based Budgets

Categories

  • Goals
  • How to Spend Money
  • Money Relationship
  • Tracking Your Spending

Recent Posts

What is Mindful Spending And Why Should I Practice It?

What is Mindful Spending And Why Should I Practice It?

5 Questions for Mindful Spending: Stop Impulse Shopping

5 Questions for Mindful Spending: Stop Impulse Shopping

What a Budget Looks Like: Why You Need A Budget

What a Budget Looks Like: Why You Need A Budget

Legal Disclosures

About

Contact

Become A Satisfied Spender

Success. Welcome to the begining of a more Satisfied Spending life!

Become A Satisfied Spender

Be the first to get the latest and greatest spending satisfaction tidbits and tools.

Contact

PO Box 152

Huxley, IA 50124

Karen@satisfiedspending.com

  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy