With the growing season beginning, consider what you want to focus on and allow yourself to have the natural energies of the earth accompany your progress. Use this time to establish financial goals for this calendar year.

This season is a time when the earth begins to move towards Spring. Energies begin to move from the earth into the trees and plants as they begin this year’s growing season. Therefore, now is a good time to use these focused energies of the earth and season to help you focus your money. In this case, the best plan is to focus your money to eliminate any debt you may have.

Of course, if you have any consumer debt, you know how it can drain away at your psyche and energy levels. This drain can literally suck the fun out of life, at the same time that it keeps you out of touch with the abundance nature of the universe. However, to make a change in your debt, you need to focus your money.

No imagine that you want to change the thermostat in your home. Yet, before you can change, you need to be able to read what it currently says. Using this analogy, pick an area of your life that is vague to you that you want to focus on, clean up, clarify. The idea here is to focus on this one area – one project at a time.

The best way to know what to focus on is to pick those areas of your life that you don’t want to look at. Usually there’s something there that needs attention and without too much self-discovery will unearth what needs changing or focus. To focus on that area, pick some small, simple goal that is short term, yet will result in a significant change if you keep to it. For example, if you want to clarify your savings, then set up a separate savings account for what you want to save for (e.g., vacation, new car, Christmas). Then each month put some percentage of your income aside in that account. Another example is to pay attention to the next time that you pay bills or balance your checking account. What is going on in your mind while these tasks are being done? Are you angry, unhappy, anxious, uncomfortable, annoyed, etc.? Any of these “negative” emotions can be a good sign that this is an area to focus on to shift. For example, if your annoyance is paying a particular bill, then pay it first, soon as it comes in to get it out of the way.

So as the growing season begins for this calendar year, consider what you want to focus on and allow yourself to use the natural energies of the earth help your progress. Use this time to establish financial goals for this calendar year –- say 2-3 goals you can reach this year. If you’re inclined, you can then use the same process as described in the Lunar Reflections articles to create an affirmation on each goal that you can say each day. These affirmations along with your actual financial focus will make a big difference before too long. You’ll see.

Next Month: Shifting from “Do-Have-Be” to “Be-Have-Do” – Say what?