You Are Your Best Investment

Posted On 3 October 2022

Last updated on April 10th, 2024

A lot of people think that their house is their biggest and best investment. For some people that may be so. When we invest in ourselves, it is the best investment we can make. This is also something where we can control the value. When we take care of ourselves, we can then have the resources to help others.

How do we invest in ourselves? The primary part is what we feed ourselves. This applies to us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Let me explain this in further detail.

Your Estate

At Canoosa Finance it is not for me to tell you how to live your life. That is your decision! When we are born, we are given a bag of dirt (our body). It is up to us to develop that just as a piece of land is developed.

Some of us want to live in a cozy cabin by a lake. Maybe an apartment in a town or city is more your style. Some choose to build a ranch. It really doesn’t matter where or how you choose to live. The important thing is for us to make it the best investment we can.

Whatever type of house we choose to call a home does require maintenance. We don’t have to be constantly repairing our house, we just need to fix things when they need it. This could be something as simple as replacing a burned out light bulb.

Invest in Your Health

If we lose our health, we lose a lot! Before you start thinking I’m going to tell you all kinds of health stuff, I have a confession. I like beer and fries as much as any guy. As we get older, we need to learn to eat less. Over the years I have added some many extra pounds. I have taken a few of those pounds off, though. It’s amazing how even losing 15 pounds can make a person feel better!

Staying in shape should be part of our lifestyle. Why let ourselves go in order make money only to not be able to enjoy the money when we finally have it? I don’t treat my body like a temple, yet I don’t treat it like shit, either. If I am my best investment, I should treat myself like it is.

Living in Canada we have the option of going to the doctor if we have a concern about our health. When we go to the doctor here, we don’t have to worry about the cost. As I am getting older, I am trying to pay better attention to my health. If they can catch something early, that is great!

Invest in Your Learning

Besides keeping an eye on our physical health, we need to keep learning. It helps us stay young. Learning helps us advance in our field of work or become more employable. We can also learn how to do new things and ensure that we remain our best investment.

When we keep learning, we are able to keep up with technology. It can seem like the world is changing so fast. And it is! There are constantly new gadgets and new methods coming out. I don’t think that all new things are better.

School, the Internet, and books have been a great way for me to learn things. You can check out my recommended book list for some good reading on all the topics covered on Canoosa Finance.

Invest in Your Self-Care

Let me say that self-care is not being selfish. Sometimes we need some time to ourselves. Other times we need to indulge ourselves and be treated or pampered. For those who have not been taking time to give themselves self-care, you can look up ideas online.

Remember, we are our best investment. If we want it to be the best, we have to treat it like it is the best. I’m not saying you need to spend all your money on yourself! There are lots of inexpensive ways we can engage in self-care.

Manage Your Environment

It is hard to have wealthy thoughts if everything around you is falling apart and dirty. We don’t need to have new or expensive things. The things around us need to be maintained and clean.

Like keeping a home maintained, our environment takes work. When we stay on top of our surroundings, they stay in good shape and we can even improve it bit by bit. By managing our environment we remind ourselves that we are our best investment.

We owe it to ourselves to keep improving our environment. I am continually doing little things around our house to maintain it or make it better. Most of the little things cost very little. Sometimes they don’t even take much time.

Family and Friends

As we move from taking care of ourselves we move on to our family members. Some may not listen to us, but that’s ok. Our spouse and children become an extension of ourselves. It is our responsibility to teach our kids how to treat themselves like they are their best investment.

The best way we can teach is by example. When we live our lives the way we are designing our lives to be, we are living intentionally. We can then pass this on to our children and our grandchildren.

Generational wealth has more to do with what we teach our children than any amount of money we give to them. If they are not taught how to live their life and manage money, any wealth given to them would soon be gone.

Other People

After we have worked on ourselves and our family, we are able to help others. We can’t give things to others if we don’t have anything in us to give! The skills that we have, or have developed, can be used to benefit others.

No man (or woman) is an island. There is an interdependence among us humans. When we work on improving ourselves and strive to be the best, we can help others invest in themselves. We can build each other up. We can trade skills with each other in a win-win way.