Often in life we tend to remember the negative things and we can be easily drawn to harmful behavior and gossip. It’s actually hard to stay positive and make everything we say and do in life an uplifting experience, even when we want to!
Interestingly though, when I ask someone how their health is, or if they’ve considered what would happen if they couldn’t pay their bills or what would happen if they passed away and left their family in debt with no helping hand or no will, an ostrich appears! Haha! We are so positive! I get the famous Aussie saying
“She’ll be right mate”.
In fact, I do this myself with some things! Why? When we know we should be thinking about these things, why do we stick our heads in the sand?
Psychologists say that the “ostrich problem”, which is ignoring information that can help us, arises because of the need to avoid negative feelings…
| # | Q. How many “ostrich moments” can you tick yes to? | Y | N |
|---|
| 1. | A bill to pay, you can’t afford it so you ignore it | | |
| 2. | Body is tired or hurting but you don’t stop and listen to it | | |
| 3. | Weight is climbing but you keep eating donuts | | |
| 4. | Credit card is hard to pay off but you shop anyway | | |
| 5. | No work life balance but you repeat the same pattern | | |
| 6. | Doc tells us we are smoking or drinking too much but it’s too hard to stop | | |
| 7. | Arguing with partner, kids, parents, friends is much easier than listening and solving the problem, right? | | |
| 8. | I don’t need to protect my income or my loved ones if something happens to me, she’ll be right mate | | |
| 9. | I don’t need to insure my car, house or contents it’s all good | | |
| 10. | I don’t need a will, nothing will happen to me. | | |
I could go on and on with these moments and I’m sure you could add a few yourselves. How about today we start pulling our heads out of the sand slowly and one by one start crossing off our “ostrich moments” and start overcoming them? Will it be hard? I dare say yes but we’ll feel so proud of ourselves when we start paying attention and achieving goals.
At xseedwealth we, unfortunately, can’t help you sort out all of life’s “ostrich moments” but we can help with a few around creating and sticking to a budget, planning your future, making sure you leave your loved ones in a better position one day and protecting your income, in the meantime…
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