3 Tips to Nurture Your Wallet or Purse

Your money, at least what you have daily, tends to live in your wallet or purse, so it's important to make that a space your money enjoys living.

If you want your money to take care of you, you have to take care of it, which might mean nurturing and loving it. I know. I know. The Bible states, the love of money is the root of all evil (1 Tim. 1:6). However, did you know that in ancient Greek, the language the Bible was written in, over half a dozen words translate into love in English? And did you know there are over a dozen synonyms for love in English, including nurture, adore, and worship?

Nurturing your money seems perfectly normal to me. After all, think of the various forms of money other than cash & coins and it becomes so much easier to understand that it’s not only okay, but it’s also necessary to nurture & love money.

Imagine not nurturing a garden or farm animals, which have often been used as money. Chickens & their eggs. Cows & their milk. Fruits & their juices. And, so much more.

Image by brgfx on Freepik

Worshiping your money is what I believe the Bible intends where Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 1:6 For the love of money is the root of all evil.

I believe that includes, but may not be limited to, hoarding money and letting it pile up with no intentions of doing any good with it.

In fact, the entire quote from the King James Version indicates that as it mentions coveting and erring from faith.

For the love of money is the root of all of evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Therefore, it is okay to love money in a nurturing & caring way. So, here are 3 very simple & practical tips to help you nurture where you keep your money – your wallet/purse.

Number 1: have a wallet or purse that makes you feel rich and wealthy.

Would you want to live in a wallet that was falling apart or a purse with a broken strap & zippers? Your money doesn't want to live there either. Make sure that you have a wallet that makes you feel fantastic every time that you open it, every time you put money in it, every time you look at your money.

That's where your money wants to live. It wants to be in a happy place - just like you.

Number 2: keep your money organized and straightened in your wallet.

Don't crumple up your bills. Don't fold them several times.

Put them into the wallet the way they're meant to go in the wallet. Lay them out flat, facing front, sitting up tall - just like you would want to be.

Would you want to be placed into a small area standing on your head, facing the back wall? Your money wants to be able to see you just like you want to see it when you open your wallet.

Keep it straight and organized.

Image by Freepik

By the way, I became quite frustrated because I kept finding photos of men’s wallets stuffed with $100 bills. Yet the photos of women’s wallets were empty, messy, or showed women pulling out a credit card. That is part of the problem.

Tip number 3: Keep your wallet or purse uncluttered and free of trash.

Would you be happy living in a place filled with trash? Crumpled up receipts? Gum wrappers?

No. You wouldn’t want to live there and neither does your money.

When you treat your money poorly by putting it into a purse or wallet filled with trash, filled with clutter, where the bills are unorganized and multi-folded, or it's an old wallet that doesn't even feel good, then your money wants to escape.

Remember George from the TV show Seinfeld?

In one episode, George had a wallet filled with papers, receipts, everything except cash – which he never had – and when he tried to add one more piece of paper – kaboom! The wallet exploded.

You can watch the exploding scene here.

Give your money a nice place to live. Nurture it. Care for it. And, watch it grow.

If this resonated with you, come join us in the Money Mindset Magic for Female Entrepreneurs & Other Cool People Facebook community where I regularly share tips to help you attract more money.