359: The Elegant Budget

School of Self-Image

Tonya Leigh

Self-improvement, Fashion & Beauty, Education, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Money Garden: Design, Nurture, and Enjoy Your Financial Life

In this episode, Tonya Leigh discusses the concept of elegance in budgeting. She emphasizes the importance of spending in a way that enhances life and brings abundance, rather than scarcity and fear. Tonya shares her personal practice of having a monthly "money date" to intimately connect with her finances and make intentional decisions. She highlights the positive impact this practice has had on her net worth over the years. Tonya also mentions her upcoming workshop, "The Money Garden," where she will delve deeper into money mindset and intentional money management.

Living within our means is also highlighted as an important aspect of an elegant budget. Overspending can lead to stress, anxiety, and a sense of scarcity. The host encourages living within our means to create a sense of abundance and wealth. This means appreciating and fully utilizing what we already have before bringing in new things. It is about being mindful of our purchases and avoiding buying things that will go unused or sit in our closets.

Overall, the episode promotes the idea of an elegant budget as a way to create a fulfilling and abundant life. It encourages conscious spending that is driven by joy, excitement, and alignment with our values and goals.

Episode breakdown:

00:01 Elegance in spending.

05:10 The elegant budget.

09:41 The Three Mothers

12:44 The Pareto principle.

17:09 Investing in personal growth.

23:38 Maximizing your means.

Quotes:

"Between overindulgence and frugality is elegance."

"Go out there, eat the cake, spend the money, dance on tables, enjoy life today."

"Eating what you want, when you want, spending as much money as you want today is stealing from your future in some ways."

"People can call me superficial, they can call me whatever they want, but I love pretty things."

"I want to be wealthy in all of the ways and not just financially."

"Are you ready to tend to your wealth, watch it grow and make money feel beautiful?"

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Money Garden Workshop: http://schoolofselfimage.com/money

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Between overindulgence and frugality is elegance.
0:06.6	It's the space where you are spending in a way that makes your life better, where you
0:11.5	feel light and spacious, not heavy and burdened.
0:15.7	A place where you feel abundant, not lack.
0:19.0	A place where you're spending is being driven out of joy, excitement, not scarcity and fear.
0:27.0	This is about being efficient and purposeful with your money.
0:30.8	This is about having an elegant budget.
0:34.1	And that's what we're talking about in today's episode, so let's dive in, my friend.
0:42.4	Welcome to the School of Self-Image, where personal development meets style.
0:46.8	Here's your hostess, master life coach, Tanya Lee.
0:50.6	Hello, my friends.
0:52.6	How's it going?
0:54.8	More importantly, how are you feeling?
0:57.2	Feeling good?
0:58.8	I'm feeling great.
1:01.0	I just wrapped up my money date.
1:03.6	Yes, I go on a money date once a month.
1:07.1	I used to do them every single week.
1:09.4	And now I do a really focused money date at the beginning of each month.
1:16.1	And I've been doing this for years.
1:18.8	And it's basically a date where I get really intimate with my money.
1:24.9	I look at my net worth for the month.
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