3271: Shifting Our Mindset: Challenge, Not Sacrifice by Celena Carr-Thomas with NoSidebar

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3271: Celena Carr-Thomas shares how she shifted her mindset from feeling deprived to feeling challenged by proposing a "buy nothing" weekend with her husband. Through simple activities like hiking, cooking at home, and creative crafting, they found joy and contentment, emphasizing the value of experiences over material possessions. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://nosidebar.com/mindset/ Quotes to ponder: "All this required was a simple shift from the mindset of sacrifice to one of a challenge; from the feeling of lacking what we don’t have to one of appreciating what we already own." "By Sunday evening, the weekend had sped by, we’d used zero dollars and we felt more relaxed than we have in months." "It was a reminder for us to pause for a moment and give ourselves the space to consider what we want vs. what we need and that experiences will always hold more value than anything we could purchase." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal leaving Daily episode 3 271 shifting our mindset.
0:06.0	Challenge, not sacrifice by Selina Kart Thomas with no sidebar.
0:11.0	And every narrator Justin Molick reading you articles every single day of the year, including
0:16.0	holidays, so that you and I can both take a step in the right direction and have just a bit more
0:21.8	positivity in our day, really does add up.
0:24.0	And with that, let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
0:30.0	Shifting our mindset, challenge, not sacrifice by Selina Carr Thomas with no sidebar.com.
0:39.7	It was a Friday morning and I was looking at our bank accounts feeling that special anxiety known to freelancers everywhere,
0:48.0	waiting for project payments to arrive.
0:50.8	Blink slowly.
0:51.8	Nope, still not there.
0:54.0	Look like we wouldn't get paid until Monday.
0:57.0	Hasn't always been this way.
0:59.0	18 months ago I left a profitable, exhausting corporate communications career to strike out on my own and
1:06.2	travel the country with my husband in our Airstream trailer.
1:10.4	While working for myself is wonderful in so many ways, fewer meetings and more mental space are just a few benefits,
1:17.0	it's hard not to miss that regular paycheck.
1:21.0	Cash now comes in waves instead of a predictable flowing river.
1:26.0	Molling it over, I realized we didn't really need anything so there was no sense in stressing over that low balance.
1:33.6	We had food in the fridge, wine in the cupboard, books to read, and feet to walk on.
1:40.0	As long as we didn't spend mindlessly over the weekend, we'd be fine.
1:44.3	But I didn't want to be the household nag or to feel like a martyr all weekend.
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