understanding the "end"

“Money, while important, comes late in the plan. It’s just a means to an end, and without understanding the “end,” you cannot assign purpose to the means.” -LifeDesign+ part i

Last week, I shared part one of my poem inspired by the Keep Pursuing Series talk “designing a plan for your authentic life” called "LifeDesign+ part i"–part two will be coming this week.

In this poem, I share the above quote and wanted to highlight it because it shows the reason that I spend most of my time talking about finding our authentic life, understanding our values, aligning spirit, mind, and body, and other higher-level personal topics and not money or finances.

It’s not that the financial components of your life are not important, because they are and money touches everything, but I’ve found that money and the other parts of your financial plan become easier to address and align with your values and authentic life when you do the work in the other areas.

When you have clarity about who you are, what you were created to do, what you value and enjoy (and what you don’t), and where you can make the greatest contribution to others it becomes much easier to allocate your money, obtain the proper insurances, draft the appropriate estate planning documents, and design your financial plan to help you live your authentic life.

Doing it in reverse, starting with the money, usually leads to financial plans that are never executed because they don’t actually lead to the life you want.

There are tons of great blogs and resources available to talk about compound interest, financial planning strategies, and other important financial concepts to understand, and if I ever feel I need to contribute to those types of posts I will, but for the most part I believe my greatest contribution is to bring the focus to YOU first and then your money.

See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,

JC