What has been your complaint about your money situation? What story have you been telling yourself and others about your money situation? How long have you been complaining and telling this same story?
The answers will vary, for some they have been making the same complaint for years, some for months. You might be saying things along the lines of I can't afford this or that, I don't get paid enough, there is never enough, this is too hard, I struggle with money, they don't deserve all that money, if I had more money I would be happy, it's not fair, that's too expensive, I would never pay that for that, the government takes too much from me.
Take time to write out what you are saying or complaining about, after you have finished ask yourself if you are willing to one or more of the following:
Are you willing to stop complaining about some of what you have written about? If your story has nine parts to it would you be willing to stop telling the same story about 5 parts?
Are you willing to make your story about what you want for your money experience, make sure this doesn't involve someone else changing.
If you need to keep telling the same story next year as you have for the past days, weeks months or years, are you at least willing to add to the story or complaint what you are able to with what you have in terms of money, or some other appreciation about money?
If you are unwilling to change anything can you at least accept responsibility and admit now you are the one doing this to yourself and ask what you enjoy about beating yourself up year after year?
Plenty of choices to choose from, next year can be different and better and you can have more money no matter what is going on in the economy with others. If you can be diligent in maintaining your new choice most of the time (this gives you room to slip) it will not be long before you see signs of your reward.
