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What Is a Scarcity Mindset?
It is necessary to acknowledge that scarcity is not just a mindset but a reality for many.
This is because our minds only have so much bandwidth at any given time.
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out of your control.
The response time in decision-making is longer, and more stress and less confidence are experienced.
Long-term planning becomes too taxing.
And scarcity on a larger scale can affect the mindset and decision-making, too.
By doing so, you stop using your precious limited resources to fight against accepting where you are now.
to know where you are going, you must know where you started.
View that as an area of abundance in your life to be treasured.
Dont have an abundance of time or money?
Maybe you have an abundance of lovefrom a human or from a pet.
Define Abundance for Yourself
Abundance and an abundant mindset look different to everyone.
What looks like abundance to you might look like scarcity to someone else, or vice versa.
Its hard to get yourself in the mindset of being abundant if you dont know what youre striving towards.
How would it feel to be abundant?
What would your life look like?
In what area do you feel like your scarcity mindset is holding you back in the most?
Begin with making small tweaks to your mindset there.
Are you feeling like your time is scarce these days?
Think of what you do enjoy thats filling up your timeor what you might be able to add.
Mindfulness
Our brains understandably get wrapped up in the scarcity mindset.
They are constantly processing what they need to do next to survive.
This takes us out of the present.
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