The Little Book of Zen Money

At last, a mindful book about money that anyone can appreciate and understandThe Little Book of Zen Money: A Simple Path to Financial Peace of Mind delivers easy-to-follow steps for combining sensible saving strategies with mindfulness practices to achieving financial peace of mind. Finally, you can know how to fix your finances without feeling stressed out!In this book, you'll find out that sound financial strategy is far more straightforward than the financial industry wants you to think. It reveals the path to mindful money simplicity, showing readers how to adopt behaviors that encourage responsible saving and spending.You'll learn about:* How to journal your spending and saving so you keep track of the money you have coming in and going out* Easy mindfulness exercises, mantras, and meditations that keep you centered, rational, and calm when it comes to your money* Simple explanations of the financial industry and how to invest responsibly that anyone can understandPerfect for anyone who doesn't usually like books about money (or the complicated jargon they're often filled with), The Little Book of Zen Money proves that you don't need to be an expert, professional, or mathematician to get great financial advice.

Preface 9Money 9Zen 10A Little Light 11Seeing Emotions Directly 15Zen Money 17Introduction 19Humans are warm 19Money Is Cold 20Money only appears complicated 21Money Is Just A Tool 22Zen Only Appears Simple 23Wanting Nothing 26Infinite Financial Security 28A Simple Path To Financial Peace Of Mind 30Here and Now 31Chapter 1: Zen and the Art of Money Management 32No Judgement 32Money Stress 35The Playground 35The Fairytale Trove 37The Mis-Education System 38Best Times 42Expensive Times 44Fear Of Missing Out 49Avoiding Bad Times 50Money Can Buy Happiness - On Average 51See Money Directly 52Money Is A Tool 52Time And Energy 54The Jungle Is Neutral 55Money Is Neutral 57Money Management 58The Simple Path 58Through A Complex World 59A Burning Forest 61Education Is A Path 64Begin With Small Steps 66The Right Path For You 68Is It A Path Or A MISSION? 70Don't Wobble 72The Frame 73The Podium 74The Floating Buddha 76Schrodinger's Observation 79A Better Frame 80A Clearer Picture 82How Much Is Too Much? 84"Maslow's StairMaster" 84Torches Of Freedom 87The Thumb Treadmill 89Be The Experiment 91FIRE Worshippers 93How Much Is Enough 96Enough Steps 96Stepping Off The Chocolate Treadmill 101Maslow's EnsM 104Zen 107Scarcity 107Living 108The Zen Path 109Chapter 2: The Path Is A MISSION 111From Money To Now 113The Money Step 115Money Pots 116Life 118Store 120What Money Isn't 122The Income Step 125Three Sources Of Income 125Working for someone else 126Work for yourself 128Work Stress 130Work Plan 131The Saving Step 134Saving Always Comes First 134The Predictability Of Not Saving Second 136The Sound Of One Hand Saving 137You Only Spend Once 140The Profit Motive 142Motivation 143What Are We Saving For? 144Two Steps: A Tiny One, and Half Again 146The Spending Step 149Not All Spending Is Bad 149But Spending It All Might Be 150The Save Or Spend Trade Off 151How much? 155We Need To Write Things Down 156Beyond Good And Evil 158The Investing Step 163"I Want What She's Having" 164The Confused Path 165The Long-Term Power of Compounding 167The Risk Of Not Investing 167R-RISK 170Small Regular Investments 174The Owning Step 177Freedom From Financial Concerns 177Debt Is Not The End 179Financially Free 181A FIRE Of Your Own 182The Now Step 188The Boring Power Of Compounding 188Live In The Present 191Now 191Chapter 3: The Path Is Practice 193First Steps 193Step 1: Saving Comes First 194Step 2: Count to 10 194Step 3: Write Down Your Spending 196Step 4: Breathe more 198Step 5: Collect Receipts 199Step 6: Build The Faith 199Step 7: Look Back, Look Ahead 201Baby Steps 203Step 8: Make a Zen Tracker 204Step 9: Important... Notice 205Step 10: Secret Zen Tracker 206Step 11: Better Get A Bucket 207Step 12: Imbue 209Step 13: Degrees In Needs 211Step 14: Think About The Week 212Crawl 213Step 15: What Is It Like? 214Step 16: Easy As Pie 215Step 17: Crawl Before You Walk 216Step 18: What Else Could I Do? 218Step 19: Triangular Breathing 219Step 20: Take A Picture 220Step 21: How Does This Feel? 221Walk or it's not about the money 224Step 22 Sit. Walk. Don't wobble. 225Step 23 Go for a walk 226Step 24: Box Breathing 227Step 25: Because you're worth it! 228Step 26 Wobble! 229Step 27 Give Yourself Permission 230Step 28: Look Back Down The Path 232You might be wrong 233Step 29: Write This Down 234Step 30: Who Have I Become? 235Step 31: Zero Risk Fallacy 236Step 32: Breath The Ocean 238Step 33: Mindful Screen Use 239Step 34: Mindful Spending 241Step 35: Where Are You? 242Challenges 243Step 36: No Spend Days 244Step 37: Fast Gains 244Step 38: Breathe 246Step 39: Work For Free 247Step 40: Read Another Little Book 249Step 41 Push Yourself To Breaking Point 250Step 42: Analyse Your Finances 251The Journey 25443: Money And The Door 25544: Cut Out The Income Middle Man 25645: Saving Is An Action 25746: Mindful Spending 25747: Investing - Avoiding Scams 25848: Owning 25949: Now 260