Reclaiming My Financial Confidence: Wins, Lessons and Mindset Shifts From the Past Year and 2023

 

The past year gifted me a pivotal realization - I alone can shape the financial direction of my life. After years of entitlement and dependence, I discovered my unlimited potential to earn, manage, and grow money with empowered competence. 

The days of crippling self-doubt are over. I now proudly declare my financial capabilities and worth. 

My biggest failure around validation-seeking taught me volumes. When I shared my first hard-earned savings, it invited only exploitation from insecure people which obliterated my confidence further. This trauma won't repeat. My inner self-assurance won't sway based on any dollar amount or person's judgment again. I've returned fully to myself.

Additionally this year, fixed limiting beliefs about real estate investment shattered through exposure to knowledgeable mentors. They awakened me to accessible wealth-building vehicles like affordable land ownership. My eyes opened wide to generational options! Achieving basic debt freedom comes first to free up capital flows then assets can grow long-term.

Among my proudest 2023 money wins - diversified income streams via side hustles, multiple business grants won, investing education, consistent therapy for confidence rebuilding and leaving behind dysfunctional cultural money norms for good.  

But the deepest reward came from unlearning financial abuse trauma and healing my battered self-worth gradually through supportive communities this past year. The power of knowing you aren't alone in adversity is indescribable. I now pay that gift forward - lifting up others recovering from abusive situations through practical budgeting guidance and compassionate solidarity.

My financial status doesn't define me. Though roads remain demanding, through grit and mindset shifts, I feel inner abundance returning daily. The possibilities glimmer brightly ahead!