Michelle B (muchelleb)

Fitness goals, health goals.

There are so many areas that you can set goals in.

Oh, I don't know that I do fall into that trap, but I think it is really easy to over focus on outcomes when really what you should focus on is the process that moves you towards those outcomes.

Sometimes we get hyper focused on the things that we want to achieve rather than

Enjoy creating a process of achieving those things that is enjoyable and getting the most out of the experience of working towards those goals.

And that can be really unhelpful when you tie yourself so strongly to a particular outcome.

You tend to beat yourself up when you don't achieve it rather than appreciating the progress that you're making.

Exactly.

And I think when you focus more so on the process that you're moving with in order to achieve that goal,

It allows you a bit more flexibility too, because you can experiment.

Not all processes work for everyone.

And I imagine in the finance world, definitely that would be the case.

I know I'm probably going to talk about some antiquated methods, but people talk about things like the envelope method,

or writing down every purchase that they make at the end of the day, things like that, those don't necessarily work for everyone.

When you focus on the process, you can ask yourself, well, is this process working for me?

Is it serving me in the way that I want it to?

Does it feel enjoyable to me?

Is there another process that I might follow to achieve that same outcome?

So I love this question because I'm very interested in the idea of putting my money towards things that either create convenience, create ease or create happiness.

I think if you have disposable income, those are the areas where you really should be investing your money where you can.