Money is not the only thing that you have

One of the top excuses that people make when being asked about not doing what they want to do is:

"I don't have the money."

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And that is a legit excuse. Lack of money means lack of opportunities. Lack of sufficient money also means that you need to prioritize yourself to make more money, thus reducing your time and effort to spend on things that really matter to you.
I mean, if you don't have enough money, how will you continue to survive on the bare minimum, let alone planning and creating success to the maximum?

I get it. You know what, I'll take my words back. It is not an excuse. It is a legitimate issue.

I would like to add some more though.
Money is not the only thing that you have.

I mean, think about it.

Yes, you don't have enough money. Life is tough.
But that is what you don't have. Look around and see what you do have.

A house, a safe one. A spouse, a loyal one. Children, good ones. Friends, reliable ones.
From these basics, extend your views then. Think about how you have access to Internet, clean water, electricity, education, roaming around the streets freely, etc.
Expand your views more. You will see that you have a lot of things.

It will hit you there. You have more than you think.
In fact, on certain aspects you may have more than enough.

Maybe your spouse are overly (and might be annoyingly) romantic all the time.
Maybe your children love your company so much that you have little to no alone time.
Maybe your friends are constantly trying to help you, eventhough in certain things, you don't need their help.

Now another thing will hit you there. Too little or too much of anything, is both bad for you.
No, it's not we're being picky or fussy. It's humane.
In life, all of us are really seeking balance in various aspects of our lives.
More important than about what we want, is how we want it.

"Okay, you've been telling me all of these and making me look like I'm such an ungrateful person. Now what?"

Firstly, I did not intend to do so, and I'm sorry if you do feel that way.
Secondly, you want success, right?
And now you're short of something, right?
And at the same time, you do have certain things that are sufficient enough, if not excessive, for yourself.

So, just use simple logic here.
Move all of those excessive burden to the insufficient place to balance them.

Which one is your life right now?

Yes, I know. Life is not as simple as a seesaw, where you can just shuffle the weights easily.

But really, I'm not wrong, wight? The philosophy applies here too, right?

Take away the excessive load to fill in the insufficient aspects, to gain balance.
Manage and utilize what you have, to get what you need, and ultimately what you want.

Use your spouse's romantic overload as an emotional motivation for you to thrive.

Use your children's company to make them help you in the way that they can to fulfill your dreams.

Use your friends' support to delegate actual tasks that really requires commitment from them, since they are very keen to do so.

So, the next time that you think that you cannot do things you want to do because you don't have the money, think again.

What do you actually have now? And how can you use them to get the money that you needed, and ultimately doing what you want to do?

Summary: Reflect, be grateful, then manage and utilize.

More important than about what we have, is how we use them.