--- title: Mari's Life Matters Blog | CreateWriteNow (11) description: Discover how Journaling For The Health Of It® helps you with your Money, Health, and Self Matters in our monthly problem-solving columns. (11) --- [Skip to content](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/page/11#main-content) Close ** Click to close Learn from real people, just like you, how therapeutic journaling can benefit your life. Within these personal stories you’ll find journaling tips, tricks, inspiration and ideas that help you structure your journaling practice—and discover the true value journaling can bring to your life. Find the inspiration to keep going and the motivation to make journaling work for you and your hectic schedule. Learn about these everyday people who made the decision to put pen to paper and how it transformed their lives! Have a problem getting back into or staying with your Journaling Power Practice? CreateWriteNow provides 300+ unique, soul-searching journaling power prompts here that will inspire your Muse and jumpstart your word flow. Life Matters Blog | [Money Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/money-matters), [Life Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/life-matters) ## [Money Matters: How to Start Over With Your Personal Finances](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/money-matters-how-to-start-over-with-your-personal-finances) [Michelle Cornish](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/author/michelle-cornish) The good news when it comes to your personal finances is that you have the opportunity to start over whenever you want. Sometimes starting over means rebuilding after claiming bankruptcy, but it can also mean choosing to make better decisions for your situation.  Today, I want to focus on the opportunities that come with starting over financially with a focus on the opportunity to make better decisions. The beauty of starting over financially is that you can do it any time. All you have to do is make a commitment to yourself to make better decisions tomorrow. Of course, I’m simplifying. If it was this easy to start over financially, people would do it all the time. The truth is, it’s hard. Often when you’re in a bad place with your finances, there’s a lot of emotional baggage that goes along with it. Chances are you’re beating yourself up for letting things get so bad, or you’re blaming external circumstances rather than creating a plan to move forward.  [Read More](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/money-matters-how-to-start-over-with-your-personal-finances) Life Matters Blog | [Money Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/money-matters), [Life Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/life-matters) ## [Money Matters: How to Create a Personal Financial Plan for the Future](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/money-matters-how-to-create-a-personal-financial-plan) [Emily Andrews](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/author/emily-andrews) Creating a plan for the future of your finances is essential, whether you are earning a modest salary or you are making big bucks and looking to put some aside for the future. Those who fail to think... 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It’s all about understanding who we are and how we fit in the world.... [Read More Details Click to view blog post ](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/self-awareness-a-deadly-misconception-that-might-be-hurting-your-self-insight) [![Self Matters: You Say What to Your Self!!-featured](https://www.createwritenow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SelfMattersThurmb-2.jpg?length=400&name=SelfMattersThurmb-2.jpg) ](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/self-matters-say-what-to-your-self) Self Matters AND Life Matters Billie Wade #### [Self Matters: You Say What to Your Self!! Self Matters: You Say What to Your Self!!](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/self-matters-say-what-to-your-self) How you talk to yourself whether in your own voice or someone else’s affects your feelings, the way you live, your relationships, your decisions, and... 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