Emotionally Surviving Bankruptcy

In a consumer driven society like ours, we often become entangled in our financial situation to the point that we come to base our self-worth on our material worth. This is a sad statement on mankind in general and our culture in particular, but it is often the truth, nonetheless. So, in a country fraught with bankruptcies - more than 1.5 million last year - this attitude is a recipe for trouble. Filing a Missouri bankruptcy may seem like descending into a great, black void, but it can be a new beginning. The real trick is convincing yourself of that.

Once you have made the decision that a Missouri bankruptcy is your only option out of your financial woes, the hard part is over. By surrendering to the inevitable, you have entered into that realm much celebrated by poets, songwriters and others who wax poetic about life - the sweet surrender. Once the bankruptcy process is over, you will have a new financial beginning and the opportunity to shed some emotional baggage and set yourself on a new path. Find some new goals and new challenges. Here are some tried and true suggestions on discovering that new path after a Missouri bankruptcy:

• Learn from your experience. Make new plans for financial security in the future.


• Learn to separate your self worth from your financial worth. Remember the old adage, "It's only money." Because, it really is.


• Revel in learning to live on less. Make thriftiness a game, of sorts. Challenge yourself to find new ways to be "cheap."


• Allow yourself to experience the feelings of loss, anger, sorrow and frustration, then put them behind you.


• Live in reality. Appreciate the new sense of control as the bankruptcy process moves forward and your new freedom is revealed.


• Learn some new financial skills to protect your financial well-being in the future.


• Don't beat yourself up. Let go of the resentment and shame - either that directed at yourself or others. Remember what Grandma said about holding a grudge. It only hurts you. Even if that grudge is directed at yourself.

Feeling out of control as strangers rifle through your life and finances is normal and expected. Try to overcome the impulse to panic, sit back and just let the situation roll along. Sort of like the proverbial leaf on the river.



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