When I was young I was terrified of money. For some reason I thought is was wrong for me to have money. Maybe hearing thing like money is the root of all evil and the being rich meant you were a bad person. That feeling of disdained for money was only encouraged by my family members.

The concept o money being a bad thing was one of the things I had to unlearn as an adult. I was raised with bad money management skills on purpose. I was raise to be be a failure in life, while my other siblings were given proper direction.

Still despite being set up as a youth, I am determine to make something of myself. If i want to be successful then I am going need to know how budget and manage my funds. I had to learn to forgo the fear of being rich one day.

I had a former friend that inherited a large sum of money. He was so scared of have ownership of his own money he had the funds deposited in a family member account. He would soon find out that was a big mistake.

When ever he want access to his money he has to go through said family member, when she wants to spend his money all she has to do is go to the bank. He thought he was outsmarting governing entities, but the got the last laugh when they threatened to go after his family for monies owed.

Another example of way you shouldn’t be scared of money and you should own it. When I was young I won a claim and was granted $2,000. I was young and dumb and didn’t know any better I ask my brother to hold the money for me. You know he called me a couple days later to tell me he is keeping my fund and that he would repay me.

It’s been 20 years and I have never seen a dime of that $2,000 he took from me. With inflation that $2,000 is probably worth $20,000 now. If only I would had held on to my money I might a successful tattoo artist by now. Like I said my family set me up to exploit me. He never had any intentions on paying me back and used my fear of money to profit.

Money is a valuable resource and if you have it you should hold on to it. Face your fear and don’t be afraid of being wealthy, rich and successful. If you feel unfortable with a hundred dollars, then how would about a $1,000, $10,000 or even $100,000.

It’s your money hod on to it, claim it, own it, and don’t let anyone take it from you. If you want to invest that’s different, the proper management of your money. To recklessly throw caution to the wind and waste your funds on drugs, woman and other pointless vices is dumb.

Stay on top of your money and spend it where is matters because money matters. You’re not going to get anywhere making purchases or allowing other to have control over your money. Money is like a car, you take that son of a bitch by the steering wheel and you drive that shit. You drive to wealth, fortune and riches.

Believe your worth the money you have and you are in control of your finances. Scared money, does not make money, and it takes money to make money. How are you gonna make money when someone else is behind the wheel. For the love of God don’t drink and drive, alcohol and money don’t stay mixed for long.

Stay in control, be sensible with your funds. Don’t think well I have ten dollar I can get high, or I have a hundred let me give to my cousin to hold for me. Your gonna end up sober and not just broke, broken. You are captain of your financial journey, stay a steady course and drive yourself to greener pastures