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Stop Complaining, Money Isn’t The Problem
Changing your money mindset will pave a new path to wealth.
I grew up in a small rural community and a household below the middle-class income.
My mother mostly shopped at K-Mart or Zellers, known as the friendly-budget shopping centers, or I would receive a bag of hand-me-downs from my older cousins.
I often would hear her complain that we had no money and only if it grew on trees.
“The rich become richer, and the poor become poorer was ingrained in me at a very early age.”
In my early childhood, I disliked my appearance. I often had to wear clothes that made me uncomfortable and paired with a mullet haircut, with the top shorter and the back remaining long.
I never wore dresses or anything pretty.
Pink was my favourite colour, but my wardrobe was full of dark, earthy shades of colours.
I despised that I was the only kid with an apple and dried cold peanut butter sandwich for lunch, while the other children had fruit rollups or could afford the lunch program.
Feeling poor was the worst, but I also respected my mother for doing her best to raise three children with a…