Why Your Cash Flow Matters More Than Your Salary
Hey babe,
Let’s talk about cash flow. Not the "I need to make more money" grind, but the real reason some people feel broke even with a six-figure salary while others build wealth without working 24/7.
For the longest time, I believed that the answer to financial security was simple: work more, make more. Logical, right? Except… not really.
I was salaried. So the more hours I put in, the less I actually made per hour. And even if I did get a raise, it somehow never seemed like enough. Sound familiar?
It wasn’t until I sat down, looked at where my money was coming in, where it was leaking out, and what I was actually building that I had my lightbulb moment.
If you don’t have control of your cash flow, you’re just running in place. So let’s fix that.
3 Steps to Take Control of Your Cash Flow
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Track Your Money (All of It) – Pull up your bank statements, credit card statements, and that PayPal account you forgot about. Where is your money coming from? Where is it going? You can’t improve what you don’t measure.
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Find the Leaks – What’s silently eating your cash? Subscriptions you don’t use? Eating out 5x a week? A habit of buying things just because? Identify your biggest money drains and start plugging those holes.
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Put Your Money to Work – Once you free up cash, don’t just let it sit. Invest it, save it, or put it into something that grows (more on that in the next post). Your money should be working harder than you do.
The Bottom Line
If you don’t know where your money is flowing, you’ll always feel like you need more. But once you take control, you’ll see that financial freedom isn’t about working yourself into the ground—it’s about making better decisions with what you already have.
Until then, track that cash, babe. 😉