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Are You Investing in Yourself?
A few months ago, I was chatting with Jocelyn Kelly Reid, a money coach based in NYC. One comment from our conversation has been resonating in my mind for months now.
As a side note, the investment to join her cohort is $5,000.
We were discussing fears around spending money and what are the “right” things to spend money on. She used real estate as an example:
“We’re taught from a young age to spend money on real estate. Buying and owning a home is an essential part of the American dream. Why are we ready to hand a bank $100,000 for a home but not $5,000 for our business? Why are we not primed from a young age to spend serious cash on ourselves?”
It rang true.
We’ll also hand over incredible amounts of cash to invest in the stock market, basically funding other business’ livelihoods, but we won’t set aside a couple thousand dollars to invest in our own business?
Why are we betting on other companies, but not ourselves?
What does it mean to invest in yourself?
As I started outlining this article, I realized there are a lot of ways we invest in ourselves. We can double down on all areas of our lives by investing in our own:
- Self care
