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By: Queercents » Blog Archive » How to Evaluate Your Current Financial Status and Set Goals

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:43:11 +0000

[...] you go about creating your financial goals, you need to ask yourself the most important question you could ever ask about money. That is, what is important about money to you? Bottom line — what does money mean to you? [...]

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By: Queercents » Blog Archive » 5 Tips for Getting Started Tackling Your Finances

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:28:09 +0000

[...] importantly defined for me personally as Aligned. Are these outcomes aligned with my values and what money means to me. Otherwise you’re leaning your ladder against the wrong wall and climbing a steep slope to [...]

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By: Coaching4Lesbians » Blog Archive » What is Important About Money to You FREE Teleclass

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:01:08 +0000

[...] I wrote a post on Queercents that generated quite a bit of conversation. Once again it confirms the truth that in [...]

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By: Queercents » Blog Archive » What is Important About Money to You FREE Teleclass

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:51:01 +0000

[...] I wrote a post here on Queercents that generated quite a bit of conversation. Once again it confirms the truth [...]

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By: Carnival of Personal Finance » Carnival of Personal Finance #134

Carnival of Personal Finance » Carnival of Personal Finance #134 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:02:16 +0000

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By: Carnival of Personal Finance 134: Building on the Basics | Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:32:26 +0000

[...] at Queercents has come up with The Most Important Question You Could Ever Ask About Money. An audacious claim, but I think she’s right. It’s an important question to [...]

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By: Paula G

Paula G — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:05:52 +0000

Thanks for all the great responses. To both Mrs. Micah and Jay — I’d suggest taking the question further. For instance “peace of mind” — keep going with the questioning. “What is important about peace of mind to you?” You might also phrase it — if you had peace of mind, what would that mean? What would you be doing?

For some it might be … more time with family & friends. So the power comes in when you take it even further than I did in the article…. OK, as you map out actions to move towards that…how can you have more of the time with family & friends right now? That brings your “far off” dream — the feelings and elements of it closer so you 1) don’t feel so futile (“like I need a million dollars to get there”) and 2) allows you to live fully now. After all none of us know how long we have in this life…. we could check out this afternoon or 50 years from now. No sense waiting for “someday” and never getting there. Work toward the future goal, live in today.

Hope that helps! And, btw, I will be doing an extended free teleclass on this topic on January 21st. I am going to put a post up about it here next week. Would love lively questions and situations from the Queercents community to make it a great class — much like this comment thread!

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By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:46:25 +0000

Thanks, Paula. I'll check that out.

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By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:33:13 +0000

I want to be out of debt so that I don't have to worry about debt anymore. I want to have enough to retire and live frugally. I don't want to be rich, but I also want my investments to do well. I suppose you could say my biggest value is peace of mine--no debt, lower investment risk, and long-term security. I know money can't buy security but it can help in certain situations.

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By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:08:19 +0000

This article resonated with me. I've never been very good about money, and I think the reason why is because I plan out the how to's without putting thought into the whys. The reason I want more control over my money is to gain financial freedom. As you write in the article, this is a great values-based response, but doesn't go very deep. And it sets me up to fail because when I slip -- as we all do sometimes -- I start to think, "well, financial freedom will take half a million, that's so far away, how will I ever have that?" From there it's an easy fall to using my credit card. I'll have to mullthis over. Thanks for a thought-provoking article.

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