I talk a lot about dealing with the crabs in your bucket. Their negative words, actions or overall vibe can do some serious damage to our self image, dreams or big goals. The crabs like to tear you down by making jabs at the progress you’ve made, constantly attempting to knock you back down to their level.

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What did you do three days ago? Last week? A month ago? Most of us are so involved with this moment right now that we can’t remember what we wore yesterday. Yet we spend so much time worrying about tomorrow, two weeks from now, or four months from now.

How often do you spend time in the present moment? For many of us, thinking about “right now” has to take a back seat to the duties of tomorrow and the mistakes of yesterday. Being present means in today’s age talking about something that bothered us at work or sorting out the kids’ schedules for the next few weeks.

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I’m a firm believer in owning your choices and taking control of your life. But in order to move forward, you must spend some time looking back. Looking at our debt and how we accumulated it; looking at our 20s and what we spent our time doing; and even going as far back as our childhoods.

Whether we like it or not, our childhood experiences shaped certain parts of our personalities as adults. Were you one of many children (like me) and had somewhat of a scarcity mindset when money was involved? Or were you an only child given an endless supply of the things you wanted, including money?

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