Keeping Money in its Place || Port Alberni Investment Advisor

As an investment advisor in Port Alberni, I work with clients to help grow their money.  In today's blog, I am going to post a sixth topic in a group of seven key areas that are important to most people in order for them to feel that they have a good life.  If you haven't read my previous six blogs, please go back and read them in order to gain a better understanding of this series.  This sixth blog is titled "Keeping Money in its Place".  Money is important to us all.  It gives us the freedom to do the things we love to do, to buy a home, a car, send our children to school, go on vacations and more.  However, we have evolved into a consumer driven society, and sometimes we give money the wrong place in our lives.  When we buy material things, it gives us a temporary satisfaction, but the excitement of that new purchase doesn't last for very long.  For those who need that constant thrill that only purchasing a new item can give them, this can become something close to an addiction.  People will go to extreme measures, racking up thousands of dollars up on their credit cards, just to purchase the things they want, but don't necessarily need.  Stop and think about what is truly valuable in your life.  Most would agree that they are the things that money can't buy.  The first six topics I blogged about in the first few posts on this series, meaningful relationships, meaningful productivity, spiritual awareness, mental and physical health, are very important to us.  If we are drowning in debt because of our need "to buy", these six areas are all going to suffer.  We might think we are buying ourselves "the good life" when we heedlessly spend our money to buy "stuff", but eventually we will recognize that we can't keep up the pace and the debt becomes overwhelming.  Evaluate the important things in your life  and recognize where money belongs in the grand scheme of things.  Define your own true values, set your financial goals and live according to those values.  Keep money in its place, and you will truly start to live abundantly.  If you or someone you know is looking for financial or investing advice, please give me a call as I would be happy to discuss and work with you to help you achieve your long-term financial goals.

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