Manifestation: do you know what that is? For me, it's something I've been into for a long time not knowing what it was. I discovered this name last December and have been reading more and more about it.
Previously, I've called it envisioning, praying, and ideal life exercise, so you choose what sounds best to you. According to Berkley Well-Being Institute,
The word ‘manifestation' means to create something or turn something from an idea into a reality. In psychology, manifestation generally means using our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs to bring something to our physical reality.
Diving a little deeper
Ever since last December, when I was laid off from my last company, I realized I was going to go through this healing journey to reestablish a healthy relationship with work and make my career more fulfilling for myself. Here, here and here, you'll be able to read more about that. All of the internal discussions I had, as well as advice I got from elsewhere, led me to really put time into thinking about what I wanted my life to look like. I knew I wanted and needed many things to be different and feel better for me, but what exactly do I want to happen? What does feeling better meant?
In the last physical journal I kept, I wrote a bit about it. I remember trying to envision what peace looked like for me and I wrote about being content with my life while taking some time off in a little cabin in the woods in the countryside. In this scene, it was raining in the middle of winter and I felt really cozy in a chunky sweater, a fragrant candle was lit on a wooden desk alongside some books I really liked and the hot chocolate I was drinking was steaming in my hands, as my dog was laying on my feet.
I few things have changed ever since I wrote about the scene in 2019. I actually got a dog exactly like the one I pictured. One of her favorite things to do is laying on my feet while I'm at my desk working on my computer, especially when it's cold out; 2021 was the year I read the most in my life and found a ton of books I fell in love with; at the beginning of this year, I moved to a house in the countryside in a very small and calm city.
Do you see where I'm going with this?
I'm not saying manifesting one thing will dictate our lives, far from it. What I'm trying to show you here is the power of imagining, describing, envisioning, and setting intentions toward a goal or scene. In this same journal, I've also written about moving to a bigger city, working in a business district, having my own apartment, and living alone. I've described what my ideal daily schedule would look like, down to what time I should wake up, what my morning routine would look like, and how long I would spend in traffic. And I did most of that.
Envisioning and describing helped me keep my focus and guide my energy toward the goal I want to achieve and see how each opportunity that comes up can affect the final outcome I'm after.
What now?
Now, I'll try to do this exercise as I did before, to hopefully help you do the same and put all this life vision up for the universe to know. Maybe, when the time is right, the things I wrote might come to be.
At this time in my life, I'm glad money is not something I need to worry about anymore. I'm glad I can wake up every Monday morning and be excited to get things done. I feel supported and feel at peace with where and what life has brought me.
I've really been enjoying all the traveling I've been doing with my partner and we're already planning our next trip which will be the longest and furthest yet. We are planning to go to South East Asia year but I really also want to go back to the Middle East one more time.
Work has been amazing and I absolutely love speaking languages other than the one I'm native in. I've always liked the cultural exchange and I'm so glad I get to do that every day at work. I've met amazing people. Getting to see them in person every once in a while and getting to travel doing so is one of my favorite parts. The clients I've dealt with were the nicest, for the most part. Of course, not every day is great, that's just life, but for the most part, I'm happy.
I've also been building a substantial income with some side gigs, but especially the one with my friend has been very fulfilling. She launched her clothing brand a while back and I've been on board managing the online store ever since. I'm super grateful I get to apply all of what I learned to this business and to build that with her. Juggling this with my main job is far from easy and I've had many times where I thought that maybe I'm not enough or this is too much for me. We all feel insecure at times and I don't want to restrain myself from feeling anything. When clarity hits, I become so proud of all this and how far I've come.
My boyfriend and I are getting closer and closer to getting engaged and we manage to save enough money to start looking into possibly buying a house, but we are talking about maybe doing some other kind of investment, we're still figuring it out.
I know this might seem silly to some people, but I wanted to register it here to look back on it sometime. To me, there is a huge merit to envisioning what you want, what feels good to you, and directing productive and happy energy to it.
Have you tried doing so? How did it feel for you?
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