But common sense applies to much of what we’re talking about. And I don’t think we’re differing on what we’re spending the money on, but more or less the attitude we have when we spend it.

I wouldn’t want to see you lose that Law of Attraction (or as I like to call it; Law of Resonance) approach to life. If you’ve seen positive response from it, keep it up.

At the root of what you’re saying, and at the root of what I was writing about before was a belief that I no longer believe. That belief was that in order to attract “Positive” circumstances in life, we have to keep our thoughts only “Positive”. I now realize this is not the case. I used to think that being “cheap” only attracted more lack… now I don’t believe that anymore.

I no longer try to prevent myself from thinking “negative” thoughts. Instead I try to accept all aspects of life, including positive thinking and negative thinking, abundance and lack, pain and pleasure, happiness and sadness etc. The more we try to resist something the more we draw it into our lives.

Pushing away the “cheap” side of yourself will only result in life forcing you to have to be more “cheap”. If you embrace the fact that in some areas of life you ARE cheap, and have a “lack mentality” then you won’t be so “against it”, and the less you are against it the less you’ll attract it into your life.

By all means, don’t listen to what I say — instead, experiment in your own life. Try cutting down your expenses by 10% and see if more money flows into your life, or less. Try increasing your expenses by 10% and see if more money flows in or less.

I have personally found that the more I value money, by not OVERSPENDING on things I don’t really need – mostly due to laziness – the more money flows into my life.

We will become very complacent in trying to acheive abundance.

The apostle Paul once wrote to the Phillipians: ” I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need”. He goes on to write that he had learned to be content in any circumstance.

I believe this is part of the courage it takes to “do what you love for a living”.

The exercise of carrying $100 bills in your wallet is all about having money and not spending it. It’s not an easy thing to do for most people. For most people, money is always literally burning a hole in their pockets. They can’t wait to get rid of it.

The millionare mentality comes from the “abundance mentality”.

Clipping coupons comes from “deficiency motivation”.

In my reality, the scarcity or abundance of cash has little effect on my behavior. I truly believe that money only magnifies your current state. (am I quoting you on that?)

A lot of people misunderstand what “millionaire mentality” really means. It’s not about pretending to be rich and spending $60k/year on credit cards while making $30k/year.

Now the tricky part. How do you keep a “Millionaire’s” mentality to manifest abundance while cutting coupons and worrying about “left-overs”? It sort of contradicts the “Nevelize your reality” concept. n’est-ce pas?”