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Originally Posted by smartile  When people think about having an extra $1,000, $10,000 or $ 100,000 the first thing on their mind is paying the bills and eliminating debt. And to make matters worse, they actually get excited at the thought. They’re projecting strong positive feeling at the sight of paying their bills.
I hate to say it, but this is going to keep you in debt forever. Why?
Because the good feelings of paying debt will encourage the re-creation of that experience over and over again. Feeling good about paying debt actually attracts more of ‘paying debt’ into your experience.
It’s a continuous cycle of debt payment that you continually recreate. |
I have to admit, this is true. I used to worry about my debt and then tried to change it to getting happy about paying it off, neither of which was beneficial. What I realized after reading this is that I hadn't ever thought about what to do with money after the debt's gone. I would think about how, if I got a gift of money, it would all go to pay off debt and then I could see how much was left over, but now I want to think about what to do with a huge amount of money that's mine outright. Realistically, I would want to pay off as much as I could as fast as I could (who wouldn't?), but looking past that is necessary, too. Tricky li'l LOA....
