If you’ve spent any time on Instagram you’ve stumbled across people talking about abundance and an abundance mindset.
What Is An Abundance Mindset?
An abundant life isn’t about excess or about having so much money that you can buy whatever you want. It isn’t even about having that perfect amount that takes you out of debt and allows you to have a modest stress-free lifestyle.
The abundance mindset is the belief that you will always have all that you need for what you want to do.
The abundance mindset is the belief that you are capable of figuring out how to get what it is you truly deeply want, even if it takes hard work and time.
An abundance mindset is the habit of considering and believing in what’s possible.
An abundance mindset goes beyond financial wealth, it also speaks to love and relationships, opportunities, and whatever it is you desire.
Mindset Coaching
Our mindset is made up of our collection of beliefs and habitual thoughts. Mindset coaching is about
- Learning to notice your thoughts and identify subconscious thought patterns
- Understanding the results that your current thoughts are creating
- Identifying where your thoughts are working against your self interests
- Shifting those thoughts/beliefs (changing your mindset) so that your thoughts are working for you (not to be confused with denial or lying to yourself)
A scarcity mindset (the opposite of an abundance mindset) makes it harder to create abundance. For example, if you have a scarcity mindset you will negatively compare yourself to others, fear the worst-case scenario, and be impatient.
Your mindset has nothing to do with how much you have, it comes from within. There is no amount that magically makes people feel abundant. I’ve seen first-hand people who are earning more than 95% of the country who are constantly worried about their personal financial stability, and I’ve seen the opposite. Interestingly, when the pandemic hit, the resilience and adaptability skills of those with an abundance mindset was instantly apparent. They were the first to pivot and find the opportunity to stay on track with their goals. Those with a scarcity mindset took much longer to find their footing because the uncertainty expanded their fear.
Mindset work is useful because it impacts how we show up and how we react.
Mini Abundance Mindset Case Study: My Patio Deck
So I caught myself with a mild case of a scarcity mindset with regards to my patio deck earlier on this season. I was wishing that I had the resources available to redo my deck floors and get new furniture (other than the while table) and cozy it up to make it a better hang-out space since there would be less cottaging. I was a bit jealous of other people’s amazing outdoor spaces. Everything I liked was way too expensive or not good enough.
But then… long story, our umbrella flew away and broke and I had to get a new one. I got a bright yellow one and the fact that it is yellow AND IT TILTS made it a game-changer. Suddenly I started a plan to make the rest of the deck as amazing as my new umbrella. I stumbled across amazing solar cracked glass bulbs that hang perfectly on our brick wall ledge (originally I was just annoyed because we have no plug here). I decided to paint some of the mismatched wood furniture and now it looks fantastic and I have a few more things I plan to paint! I have a trellis wall thing coming. I tried a few things that didn’t work right away too but it has led to better ideas.
The Abundance Mindset: Curiosity and Possibility
This is what an abundance mindset looks like. If you have an abundant mindset you’re going. tobe open to new possibilities and curious. It’s impossible to stay open and curious if you’re stuck in a scarcity mindset. I’m appreciating what I do have, this openness is enabling me to find more of what I want, I’m willing to work for it and be patient and I know that it is going to be better than I could have imagined. And when you feel the abundance so strongly in one area of your life it radiates over to the other areas of your life.
This is so much better than wishing I could afford new patio furniture.
Changing your mindset can change your life.
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