{"id":2551,"date":"2012-02-16T21:14:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T02:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2012-02-16T21:14:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T02:14:39","slug":"account-ability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/02\/account-ability.html","title":{"rendered":"Account-ability"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As I am writing this entry, immersed in what I excel (words) my BFF Barb who came into my life when we were 14 and sitting on a bench at a swim meet in our hometown of Willingboro, NJ, is immersed in one of the things she does best that I cringe when I look them….numbers. A CPA, she is sitting at my dining room table, a cup of\u00a0tea that is getting cold, \u00a0with bank statements, my check book, tax info spread around her, she is creating a spread sheet of the facts and figures of my life. I would much prefer to focus on the word pictures, while she and her husband Glenn who is my accountant and financial advisor\u00a0encourage me to look at the bigger financial picture.<\/p>\n

Growing up in a blue collar middle class family, money was never overflowing the coffers, but we always had what we needed. There were never role models for financially well off women in my family and anyone who was, was married to a man with money AND they were all business men, not creative types like me.\u00a0 I had to invent my own relationship with money and it wasn’t always friendly. One thing I have learned is that I have always been able to cover my bills. Widowed more than 13 years ago, I have been able to support my son and keep us in the same house in which have lived since 1992 through sheer ingenuity, hard work and the ability to spin at least 10-12 plates at the same time. For those of\u00a0 a certain age, you will remember the guy on the Ed Sullivan Show who would do just that.\u00a0 Barb is shaking her head at my sometimes lax accounting\u00a0system and\u00a0is doing her\u00a0best to find ways to set up\u00a0something that will work for this sometimes ‘cosmic foo foo social worker, right brain creative type’ .<\/p>\n

I can feel my stomach clenching a bit as we look at the numbers dancing across the page of a manual spread sheet she is creating. I breathe a\u00a0sigh of relief that she has the patience\u00a0and skill to assist me in managing a sometimes unmanageable aspect of my life. The truth is, if I\u00a0welcome\u00a0financial prosperity, I darn sure better be able to care for it, like I would a relationship with a human being. So, as my relationship with money is evolving, I become more accountable in all ways.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/1RYc6k803oo<\/a> Prosperity Chant by Karen Drucker<\/p>\n

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