Money in the bank?
The problem with “a penny saved”
Good morning, brand New (almost spring) Day!
Recently, I finally got my hair cut and colored, which I had wanted (needed?) for SUCH a long time.
I have had a longtime habit of scheduling the appointment every 4 months. This despite the fact that every 3 months would be ideal considering the growth rate of my hair and how quickly the color fades.
Then, when I had been counting down the days to the appointment, hair looking terrible (according to me), my stylist had to cancel last minute, and the appointment was moved to 3 WEEKS FURTHER OUT.
Why am I telling you all of this?
It’s a very old-school idea, and one that most of us were brought up with– the idea that a “penny saved is a penny earned.”
According the the Suze Orman school of thought (love her– but she is one of the propagators of this type of thinking), every time you go without, that’s money in the bank.
But what do we lose in the experience of scrimping, cutting, reducing, and valorizing the lifestyle of “scraping by”?
For me, and I know it’s silly because we are still talking about hair here, it was an experience of disconnection, polarity, and stuckness. And an experience that my day to day experience really isn’t all that valuable or important. It was the opposite of a sense of possibility.
An experience of “hooooold on, for one more day” 🎵
I knew that I was technically “saving money,” but the day to day experience of not feeling my best felt a little like I was going into debt!
Now, let’s get off the topic of hair, which may or may not be important enough to be considering in this way. Time to talk about our health, wellbeing, and ability to feel and function well ✨
Do you ever talk to your friends and family about your care here at New Day?
What if you told one of your friends, “yep, I go to this office and this woman touches my back lightly for 15 minutes and I pay for it every week”?
They’d probably tell you to save your money. And they’d be right!
“Turn around and I’ll touch your back, and you can pay me!” they might say 😂
If your perspective is that not only do you go to an office and this woman touches your back lightly, AND it makes you feel good, your friend might have also have a valid retort.
“Exercise makes you feel good. Heck, booze makes you feel good. Lots of things make you feel good!”
But what if your friend’s perception is that chiropractic care works through your spine and nervous system so that you can be the best version of you, giving you the best chance possible for your best health and wellbeing?
All of a sudden, getting on the adjusting table is actually money IN the bank, not money out of the bank! 🏦🏦🏦
What’s the cost of going days, weeks, months, or years, without feeling and functioning your best as much of the time as possible?
At times it happens to all of us that money is so so so very tight that we don’t get to do the things that are a good investment. I know how hard that is!
The rest of the time, give yourself, your family, your co-workers, and this world the gift of you investing in yourself and the health of your spine and nervous system.
Every time you do, it’s money in the bank for you ☀️
No time like the present to get moving on putting money
into your health bank 🙌🙌🙌
