Stop Apologizing for Wanting More Money

Giving Yourself Permission To Want What You Deserve

It’s ok to be money driven.

There, I said it.

It’s absolutely ok to be driven by the idea of financial freedom, whatever that looks like for you. Regardless of what anyone says. Sure, there are some problematic things about wealth for wealth sake, but that’s not what a lot of us are searching for. Seriously.

As women, we are taught from a very young age that our roles are to support to breadwinner, not to be the breadwinner. So many of us are taught that we need to marry well or at least find a partner that makes good money, and it seems to matter a hell of a lot less what we do.

At the same time, we are expected to have careers, be mothers and wives and take care of the home while maintaining a noble or applaudable career.

We also have to be ok with making less in that career than a man would in the same position.

The standards and expectations have never made sense.

We’re made to feel guilty for wanting to be financially independent and even worse when we chase financial freedom.

Make it make sense.

We have to stop apologizing for seeking wealth and financial freedom. There’s nothing wrong with it. A lot of arguments can be made against wealth, and several of them I agree with, but I also don’t think it negates our right as women to desire and work towards financial freedom.

We need to change our money stories.

Women with wealth aren’t all stuck up snobs who only care about themselves. Women who make as much or more than their partners aren’t bad partners. Women who have risen the corporate ladder or built businesses didn’t have to do so on their backs.

WE DESERVE WEALTH. Just as much as anyone else.

My money story has always been that those with wealth are evil, selfish humans. That all they care about is money. Sadly, in a lot of cases, that’s true.

That’s just one of the reasons I think it’s even more important for women to gain wealth.

For women with good hearts and solid head on their shoulders to have disposable income.

As a very good friend of mine has been pointing out, “Good women with wealth can change the world,” and I believe this to my very core.

Why are we so afraid to go for the job? To build the business? To do the things we’ve always wanted to do? Is it out of fear of failure, or is it out of fear we’ll actually succeed?

I see women obtaining wealth all the time, and what I see them do with it is incredible. How they are able to change their lives and the lives of their families. How they impact their communities and use their wealth not just to grow their pockets, but to be able to make a difference.

We live in a world where the rooms most big decisions are being made in are filled with people who have wealth, while the rest of us (who the decisions are being made for) have to just stand by and watch.

I want to be in those rooms.

I want to change my life and the lives of my family and friends.

I want to be able to give back to my community in meaningful ways, through service and finance.

There is nothing wrong with wanting more.

The life you were told you could have isn’t the limit, unless you let it be.

The life you know you deserve is right around those limiting beliefs you’ve allowed yourself to be consumed by.

Stop apologizing for wanting to improve your circumstances. Why do we allow the world to make us feel guilty for that? No more.

We’re heading into a new year and I want to set BIG financial goals. I want to grow my businesses and level up at work and start bringing in the income I NEED , and the income I WANT. Both are valid.

Like I said, we have to change our narratives around money. And that means talking about it. Getting vulnerable and open, claiming what it is that we really want out of life and going after it.

What’s your money story? What about the idea of wealth is holding you back?