Create a New Path for Yourself to address the concerns.
Could Property be an answer? (it’s even possible with very little money!)

Based on my learning journey I’ve made some slight edits to some useful thoughts from LEO BABAUTA (of zenhabits)

Maybe you’ve been putting off looking at your retirement funds, or setting time aside to get your finances in good shape. Maybe it’s too scary – or maybe you are just hoping all will be ok. But honestly – dealing with it now could really help you to save and even put aside a LOT more money… to help you now – or for retirement! Every day you put it off is money lost!

We get stuck, but it is possible to get UNSTUCK and move to a place you feel you are making some progress.

As the famous saying goes…. Every journey starts with one first step – in this case just taking a little time to learn about ways to make money or grow your savings – ways that you may never have considered

In my life, I’ve often found that the fear of a thing has been more exhausting than just getting down to dealing with a thing!
It’s often a relief to face a worry… go through it. Embracing the ‘stuckness’, and letting it unstick itself.

Here are a few principles of getting unstuck, and creating a new path for yourself.

Ways to Get Unstuck

There’s no one way to do this, but I’ve found some things are incredibly helpful:

1. Turn towards the difficulty. If you’ve been avoiding thinking about a difficult project, or your messy finances or messy clutter, or your exercise or diet or other health issues … not much will change until you turn towards it and face it. A willingness to turn towards the difficulty and work with it is one of the most important requirements to change.
   
2. Make a decision & set an intention. If we want something different to happen, we have to decide to make a change. It’s as simple as that, and yet what happens is we get stuck in an in-between state, where we want to change but we haven’t made a clear decision to do so. A clear decision means we let go of all of the “should I do this or maybe not?” kind of self-talk, and just commit to the decision fully. And then we set an intention: what would we like to do?
   PUT A DATE IN YOUR DIARY to look at the thing or make a start on the thing you need to address. And then put more dates in for if you miss the first one!
   Many people wish they more money… and more time to follow dreams or spend more time with family – but nothing will change unless you take steps to make it happen. Fail to plan – plan to fail, so set some time aside and stick to it.
   
3. Be compassionate with yourself. When we keep doing the same things over and over again, we can get really down on ourselves. We get disappointed, discouraged, frustrated, and form a negative self-image. but, none of that helps us get unstuck — it only adds to the stuckness. So what would it be like to be kind to ourselves instead? That doesn’t mean we don’t try to change … it just means we stop adding self-discouragement to our list of challenges. Or at least, if we do, we start adding encouragement and compassion.
   
4. Do it with others. Most people try to get unstuck and make a change by themselves. This feels safer. But it means you’re doing something tough on your own — which can work sometimes, but often doesn’t work. I’ve found it incredibly powerful and effective to do it with others. Find a group, do a challenge, get accountability, find a wolf pack to run with. You will find that it helps to not be alone, and to get support when you feel like giving up.
   This is what has made me move forward with my dreams of setting up business and investing in property. It’s great to find others who have faced the same challenges and those who can encourage you.
   
5. Set a time and schedule to work on your plans… and keep going. It’s funny how often we say we’re going to do something, but then don’t commit to a time. Make a date with yourself to do it. Or make a date with someone else to do it with them! Aim to do something towards your goals frequently… daily if possible, and you’ll see gradual change. Also – it is really encouraging to journal your progress, so you can look back and see what you have learned or done.
   If you are anything like me and you have a few days before you come back to a task – it may slip to the bottom of your priority list – and then you’ll forget what you were doing or planning to do next!
   
6. Small victories, slow change, amazing progress. Focus on small victories at first. Leo said: “I told myself I just had to lace up my shoes and get out the door. I increase very gradually. In a year, I went from not being able to run 10 minutes, to running my first marathon. Gradual change equals huge progress over time”
   
7. Progress, not perfection. You’re not trying to be perfect at this. You’re trying to trend in the right direction. Missed some days of doing something which made progress to your goals last week? Focus on the days you did do! Keep making progress, and let go of small misses.
   
8. For help to explore if investing in property is something of interest, have a look at what we do here at Rest Nest Invest, contact us for an informal chat and see if you might want to get involved in a venture with us.
   Feel free to get in touch with us, we don’t bite!!
   We are part of a network that gave me an exciting new outlook and whole new set of possibilities for a new business. They are there to give me great support and encouragement (see item 4 above!) We can all use some help and encouragement sometimes.