What has your recent relationship to money been like?

Money and I have a "love/hate" relationship . . . and I keep acting like it is a separate entity from myself when all in actuality, money is just energy with a specific value in terms of how it can be used. So, it flows naturally that I love the things and comfort it can bring me, but I hate the fact that I need it. Hmmm. Perhaps that is why I have almost always worked at jobs that I hated but made me a lot of money and why I spend it looking for love in all the wrong places (material possessions, giving others money or expensive gifts, buying a house I can barely afford). Over this next year, I am changing this relationship. I am becoming mindful of what I love and wanting to attract those people and events into my life that also bring money doing and being what I love. barbara