{"id":102134,"date":"2016-07-24T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T18:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=102134"},"modified":"2016-07-24T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T18:25:35","slug":"overcoming-under-earning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=102134","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Under-Earning"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m listening to Peter give the latest share from the Underearners Anonymous<\/a> beginners phone meeting on Sundays at 8am PDT:<\/p>\n

For me not to under-earn today, I have to be bigger than I think I am.<\/p>\n

My first recording was #148. It’s interesting to see how far I have come in the last year and a half.<\/p>\n

I came to this program four and a half years ago. Before that, I spent about 12 years in Codependents Anonymous and about 11 years in Debtors Anonymous. Those programs were great but my work situation changed in 2009 and I went from prosperity to almost no income. Earning became a struggle. Old patterns of behavior came up. I was a mess. I was hiding out. <\/p>\n

I relate to the symptoms in this program, about wanting to hide out in life. I have a thinking problem that leads to a shrinking problem, a desire to be as small as possible, so small that people leave me alone. That’s a problem when trying to create a happy and abundant life. <\/p>\n

I have carried over tools from Debtors Anonymous. I keep a written record of how I spend my time. <\/p>\n

I now work as a fine arts photographer. When I came into UA, it was difficult for me to show my work. Nobody saw my work. I had a lot of jealousy and envy of other photographers who were doing well, people who were out there and visible. That conspired to keep me small. <\/p>\n

The difference between then and now is that I have had a dozen solo exhibitions of my photography and been in dozens of group exhibitions. I show new work daily on social media. I’ve gone from nobody seeing my work to hundreds of thousands of people seeing my work. <\/p>\n

I’ve won 31 awards for my photography. Before UA, I never won anything because I never felt good enough to enter anything. <\/p>\n

If I want success, it helps for me to help other people be successful. The more I foster success in other people, the more it is available to me. <\/p>\n

I worked the 12 Steps initially with a step partner and then I found a sponsor and worked the 12 Steps with her. It is a gift to have someone I can check in with regularly for support and guidance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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