To Optimize Your Financial Health

Our financial health is just as important as our physical or emotional health, because they are all intrinsically linked.


I would even venture to say that it is very difficult in our society to have one without the other two.

Let me explain; unless you have consciously taken a vow of poverty you will want material things, no matter how simple or minimalist your needs are, and then you must pay for those things.

As adults we are expected to “earn our keep” and “pay our way!

Fair enough!

However, if we do not have financial health and don’t or can’t take care of our financial obligations then we usually feel “less than” and are often also made to feel that way by others.

When that happens our self-esteem suffers which can lead to worry and this will eventually damage our emotional and physical health.

Another deleterious effect of poor financial health is that our options become limited and we find ourselves ma king choices that we don’t feel good about.

Here are some basic financial choices that are directly impacted by the state of our financial health.

• Buying food for our family (Quality vs. Quantity)

• Where we live (Safe neighborhood vs. affordable but rundown and unsafe)

• Sending our children to schools that we would not choose if we had better financial health

• Taking care of our physical health with regular checkups and dental care

These are just a few of the ways in which our lives can be restricted and circumscribed by the state of our financial health.

Much has been written about money and the role it plays in our lives.

However, money is simply a tool like any other man made implement and can either be a faithful and beneficial servant or as harmful and destructive as we let it be.

Earning sufficient and consistent income is therefore vital to maintaining our financial health!