Money – is it truly evil?

It rather shows us who we really are

If I would have encountered this question when I was younger, it would have been a wholehearted “YES!”. I totally believed that money was something bad, negative and would turn people into greedy, naughty & bad human beings.

I used to have a lot of wrong believes about money, that it is evil, does bad, is limited, “doesn’t grow on trees”, is only there for certain people, can cause harm and generally I felt an unpleasant feeling around it. Like something is off and wrong with money. And those who want it, are also a bit off, something is wrong with them, cos only suspicious people want to have money, be wealthy or even rich.

These were just some of my limited mindsets around the topic of Money. Overall it was also not a topic that was talked about a lot, and if it was, usually a negative connotation was present, greed or shame was involved and sometimes it was just a taboo topic.

I remember, my first boyfriend and me had a very different take on money. While he wanted to make a lot of it, I rather saw it as a necessary evil, not worthy to invest thoughts in it and I did not align with his ambitions. Even though I know that he also wanted it to be able to take care of his family etc, so rather noble goals, which I agreed to as well. But somehow, I didn’t like his striving for money, as to me it should have never been the biggest motivation to do something specific in my life.

By that I meant, that I wouldn’t want to do a job just because it would bring more money, while I was a feeling miserable and didn’t like the job. That type of compromise was never something I agreed upon, and that stayed till today: I still dont like that thought. This is why I decided to start my own company & do what I feel is truly valuable and needed in the world: scientific illustrations.

Yes, you read that right: I started my own company even though I had these negative believes about money. How does that even work? Well, I can tell you, it worked, and still does. But also, because I started shifting and working with my own money mindset.

At some point I decided, that my view on money does not serve me anymore, it leads to stress and situations that I could avoid and instead, bring more lightness into my life. So I did a money mindset coaching, learned different tools, expanded my mind and view around money & slowly started seeing money as not evil, but as a source of energy. That is it: money is an energy.

And that lead to improvements in my business. With time I also got better and better with setting my prices, which had to do with realizing my worth as well, my self-worth. Because often a limited mindset around money is not only because of the wrong believes we have been taught about it, but with an insecurity about our own value. Do I actually am worthy and how worthy am I and my services?

I also decided to invest in myself more and regularly hire coaches, teachers & mentors whenever I noticed I would like to accelerate my growth & development. It always worked! Always!!!

And what I learned there is: the learning never stops. Cos since a while already, I have the feeling that my money-mindset needs another upgrade and I have gotten another coach for this challenge of mine. It comes in connection with my wish to expand on my business, try something else, something new and widen my scope. Somehow I feel that my heart & soul crave something more and I want to investigate what that is.

In the end, I truly do not believe that money is evil. At all. Of course money can be used for evil actions, by maybe corrupt people and systems, but that doesn’t mean that it is evil itself. It’s a tool, an energy and what we do with it will make all the difference.

If anything, access to a lot of money will show the true nature of a person, organization or collective and that will be very saying. It will also be the possibility where to start and change our approach to money: within ourselves first.

Would love to hear your take on that topic!

Love,

Daria