Spending Life Energy
“Money is something we choose to trade our life energy for.”
I read this in Your Money or Your Life, by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez, and have been thinking about it a lot. The book gives a very detailed process for discovering just how much money someone is actually getting for the job they are doing (after accounting for the actual number of hours worked and subtracting all the things they wouldn’t have to buy, if they didn’t have that job). Then it offers a structure for getting exceptional clear about where all that money (life energy) actually goes. And then it asks:
* “Are you receiving fulfillment, satisfaction and value in proportion to the life energy you spend?”
* “Is this expenditure of life energy in alignment with your values and life purpose?”
* “How might this expenditure change if you didn’t have to work for a living?”
I’m only about half-way through the book, and haven’t sat down to do all the calculations, but I can already feel these questions taking root in my mind. I have a feeling they will produce significant fruit.
(image from Steampunk Tarot)