How to spend your time, money and energy more wisely to enhance your life

Money is one of the most widely spoken about topics on every platform in modern day society. One of the first questions people ask you is always, what do you do? And will then proceed to mentally take leverage on you based on their expectation of what having a certain amount of income should be a reflection of what you are offering up on the surface. The interesting thing and that I have learnt, having experienced both ends of the spectrum of having much disposable income as well as barely scraping by is the way we program ourselves to think when we are in each of those states, the mastery is to stay balanced in both and not judge either as being positive or negative in nature. Just simply viewing them, without the emotional embroiling, from the position of preference.

By not learning to stay in a position of peace with an unbiased approach to each to those states, we automatically create a pendulum like effect that means when we have been experiencing situations where we feel forced to be mindful about what we spend, we feel the release when a large lump sum of income comes in and suddenly we loose all awareness and respect for the cash-flow, greed steps in and we spend aimlessly, setting us up for the same pendulum swing the next month. When you are in a position where you don’t effectively feel that you have to worry about money, you are much more likely to spend money on things you don’t really care about, or impulsively like the look of on the surface without really giving an in depth thought of what it is that you are investing in, what it actually means to you, where you’re money is going, and what market you are continuing to keep alive in your monetary participation. The market is rife with products that don’t deliver what they promise or are engineered to keep people purposely hooked with wanting to continue to invest in them without really getting anything in return. Of course, we are all unique and enjoy different things which is what makes us interesting and diverse and just because your interest doesn’t lie in one particular thing, does not mean that something is bad or created just to expedite money out of someone. If something is created with true authenticity with a balanced approach that takes into consideration the welfare of others in its design at the route of its creation, whatever market or area of interest it is in, then it holds integrity. If it however, is created to yield much more from a person and the method of creation, ie; where they source the products and materials, then what others will get out of it, then it is created as an energy drain without the consideration of others welfare but to make the creators ‘rich’.

Understandably, this can get incredibly confusing when you can have 2 things that appear to be doing the same thing on the surface, yet the energetic makeup of them is very different underneath. Even beyond truly researching into each thing we buy, we can feel into its authenticity and the route of its creation. Offering something energy in any form, be it money, time or participation, is the only thing that will ever keep it alive.

It even comes down to people and groups of individuals in whatever arena of interest you are looking at. Even if a person appears worldly, honest and spiritual on the surface, it is not always the case, or if someone appears to be someone that needs much love and help healing themselves, that is not always the case either. The most distracting form of this that we have a hard time getting our heads around as humans, is when someone appears to spend lots of money on other people, but really, is only doing it as a means to try and control others decisions and actions. These cases can be an emotional control attempt at getting attention which acts as an energy drain to the people investing time and effort in the most deeply and distractive manipulative way.

We have programmed ourselves to believe that if something is popular and saturated with followers, then it must equal something positive and worth the investment. In some cases, this is absolutely justified, but we are now in an age where you can purchase followers and sell the ‘idea’ of something very easily in simple marketing manipulation online and there are businesses upon businesses that sell this idea of making profit from selling yourself in a particular way to appeal to the masses, just to make a profit.

The challenging part is recognising and knowing what you are investing time and money in. The route will always boil down to integrity, willing and personal responsibility to practice what is being preached. The reality of the situation is, businesses with longevity and integrity are born from expertise and years of development, practice and research. A thorough understanding and mastery compiled by the creator that produces a product or service that is there to ultimately enhance someone else’s life. A product or service with integrity, will never ask more than what it is worth in an exchange.

And by an exchange, we mean the total time, effort and money the person takes from contemplation of investment to purchase, to what they get out of it.

I have always been very aware of this when doing personal readings and have a standard that I always make sure I compile to mentally when conducting a session. If at the end of the session, those standards have not been met, then I do not charge the client the full amount, or choose to offer another free session further down the line at a time that would work more efficiently for the other person and they would get what they had paid for. I simply cannot do what I do when I’m tired and do not think it is fair to give anything you say you are capable of, a half hearted effort for someone that has taken the time and effort to invest. Much of the time when I am navigating the energy body, because of the way the information is communicated and I have to essentially play a game of code breaker, particularly when working with the subconscious which does not present information in a linear fashion (in the same way that your dreams are often constructed in a very bizarre fashion by the subconscious). I have to be fully alert, focused and full of energy to be able to give you the session you are promised. I don’t therefore offer full sessions or readings or do this work in the evenings anymore and offer weekend daytime slots to those that work during the week. The only time I offer my work to evening events is if I am given enough time in advance to make the necessary adjustments to ensure I have enough energy to carry out the work professionally and accurately. This is also much of the reason I choose not to drink and very rarely do the late nights out (granted I am pregnant currently, but this has also been a choice I have made for the past 3.5 years :))

I also ensure that all the information I post via social media platforms is there to help and assist others and to give them an honest look into what they would be investing in (aside the odd family or personal photo that really means something to me). I do not offer anything that I feel would be a simple distraction or bombardment of mindless information, activities or things that would ask of people’s time and energy in a way that does not enhance their day in some way or to even just mentally take time to contemplate information or a service that will actually be of benefit to them. The internet is already full of this, the hours of mindless scrolling asking for your attention and gaining nothing out of it and I don’t believe this benefits anyone. It is simply a ‘who can shout the loudest’ approach.

I feel very strongly about this to the point I will not follow anything or anyone anymore where I feel this is the type of information spread. This does not for a second mean that we have to live in a purely serious world. Having fun, enjoyment and laughter is one of the most important things we have and get to participate in and some people were simply born comedians and are here to simply spread joy in that way. We have as humans, this ingrained programming that thinks when things are difficult and we are surrounded by a lot of seriousness, then joy and laughter is the first thing that should go because we ENJOY it and beat ourselves up for not doing or being enough to alleviate the seriousness. The opposite is actually true, in those situations, it’s the joy, fun and laughter that alleviates the pressure and brings them into balance to give you a lighter and solution bringing perspective.

Exhaustion, mentally bullying yourself or accepting that from others in seemingly challenging situations, gets you nowhere. Any true writer, artist or creative anywhere in the world will tell you that as soon as that chatter or intense pressure starts to come in, everything else for them stops. The inspiration and everything else that comes with it stops and grinds to a halt and what they are designed and created to do takes a backseat. Holding the creative flame itself is a torch that many that are so talented with these skills shy away from because it is a mastery to hold that in a world that is still in the emerging stages of recognising that not everything that holds importance in this world comes accompanying with money signs next to it and that true mastery does not come instantaneously. It takes patience, personal willing and action in a way that you know is right for you that those still fixated purely around cashflow will not yet be able to understand and find it easier to attack and pass judgement as a result.

Remember, you can only see the truth and stand strong in your convictions when you are in alignment and honest with who you really are. Even if in some cases, for a while, no one really believes you.

Have a wonderful weekend and if you would like to book a session with me or explore more of what I offer, the please feel free to visit my website: www.stefbaker.com All social media links are also available through the website.

Stef

(Image at top by Tania Magdelene)

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