Frugal Living vs. Law of Attraction
Monday, July 31st, 2006The other day I stumbled onto a frugal living website. I’ve always had a leaning toward reusing, recycling, and reducing waste wherever possible. I’m not fanatical about it, I just try to do my small part here and there where I can.
As I browsed articles on this site, I started thinking about the Law of Attraction again. Isn’t frugal living kind of in opposition to the Law of Attraction in some ways?
Think about it. If we’re always focusing on how NOT to spend money, guess what we’ll start having less of? Money! Personally, I’ve never been one to bargain shop or clip coupons. Not because I don’t believe it’s possible to save money that way, but because it takes too much of my time. I’d rather pay more for something if it’s more convenient or gives me more of my most precious commodity - time.
As far as the Law of Attraction goes, shouldn’t we be focusing on attracting/creating more money so we don’t HAVE to live so frugally?
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that we can’t reduce waste and protect our planet’s resources if we practice the Law of Attraction. We can, and we should! There’s nothing wrong with recycling, or keeping your own garden, or using solar power to heat your house (actually I love that idea!). We should certainly keep a household budget and a savings account, make long-term investments for our future, and so on. In fact, the savings and investments aspect is wonderfully in line with the Law of Attraction because “like attracts like.” If we save money, that money attracts more money. That’s a good thing.
I’m referring more to the “lack mind-set” of frugal living rather than the activities themselves. The belief that there “isn’t enough” so we have to be careful how we use our limited resources.
Why should we focus on getting by with less when we could be attracting more and eliminate the struggle altogether? Not just for ourselves either, because the more we have, the more we can help those in need.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this one! 
Wendy
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