What helps you realize your dreams? Be open and invite some magic into your life.
Wait, what?!? Magic???
If letting magic into your life sounds a little too “spiritual” hoodoo-voodoo for you, hear me out.
Going after your dreams is a process. It’s not like you just wake up one day deciding “That's it! I can’t take this anymore. I’m going to do what I’ve always dreamed of doing” and BOOM - there is your dream!!
It is true it all starts with making a big decision that change is an absolute MUST in your life. However, the actuality of that lasting change taking place takes time, effort, courage and a little magic.
Yeah, you probably never heard that before in all the books, articles or videos you’ve seen about how to make change happen, have you?
Well I’m here to say that inviting a little magic into your life goes a long way to helping you achieve your goals and dreams.
Why invite magic into your life
We tend to have tunnel vision based on our experiences and our belief system, which is baked into the cake, so to speak, by others in our lineage that came before us. A lot of these beliefs are made up of things they have tried & choosing the ones that have worked out well for them. Not to say any of these are correct or incorrect, bad or good, it’s just what worked for them.
Unfortunately, the world around us is expanding and changing rapidly. The premise and conditions of life have evolved for us so what’s worked for them may have to be adjusted for us. We must build upon what’s happened before and do this quickly.
That’s not easy to do without having a ton of experience behind us because we just can’t see all the options that are available to us.
Our imagination may not see all the crazy opportunities in front of us.
That’s why trusting in higher powers, being specific about what change we’d like to see in our lives, and opening ourselves up to all options - especially ones we aren’t thinking about - is so important.
Once we do this and take advantage of the opportunities that come, we break the patterns we tend to fall into, get off the hamster wheel of our life and make some lasting improvements.
What a little magic can bring
While putting in the effort of working for myself so I could have the freedom to create my dreams of a better life for myself and others, I’ve found it’s essential to keep my head in the game, stay positive and motivated - which is the most important but the toughest part.
Even if you have all the support from your friends and family you could ever want, this is not something we are usually taught how to do.
Especially not those of us who come from a conventional background where you’re taught to get good grades, go to college, get a good job, work at it until you’re 65-ish, retire and lay around for another 20+ years.
(Boy, when I put it like that, life doesn’t sound very enticing, does it?!?)
Anyway after I created my first product, started my own business, and began selling it on Amazon I ran into a conundrum.
How on earth could I get out of my full-time job that paid really well so I could work solely on growing my own business?
Life was expensive! Owning a house was nice but the bills to maintain that house kept rising without my pay rising to keep up with those costs.
The ability to quit my job, work on my own business and increase my revenue enough to replace my pay from that job just didn’t look feasible.
Nonetheless, from the lessons I was learning while taking a “success masterclass”, I knew it to be possible! There were enough people talking about how it happened in their lives for me to realize this possibility. There’s even an account of it written in a book called ‘Beyond your wildest dreams’.
So I kept working long hours on my business and with the help of that Success Masterclass, I remained in a positive, productive state of mind.
Then came the magic…
Without me focusing on my dream and instead just having faith that one day it will all work out, an extraordinary event took place.
I went to watch the total eclipse in Wyoming, which is a magical place in itself.
After that event it didn’t take long for my entire life to change. Meaning only in a couple of weeks the answer was revealed of how I could quit my career job and work on my business full-time PLUS have another dream of mine come true at the same time!
You can see this magical eclipse for yourself in this video of mine:
How to let magic into your life
So how do you go about allowing some magic into your life?
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Focus on the good
You’ve probably heard how important it is to let go of the negative in your life but haven't heard that much on how to do this without meditating or therapy or something of that nature.
One super easy thing you can do is just focus on the good in your life rather than thinking about all the negatives.
This may take some practice. It’s an exercise in training your brain, so be patient.
Pay attention to your thoughts and when anything comes into your mind that’s reflective of what you don’t want in your life, change that thought to one of appreciation for what’s good in your life.
You can even write it down if you have some pen & paper handy.
Right down the first thoughts that come to you and see how you can change it from a negative into a positive. Then right down that thought & repeat it in your head as you go about your day.
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Do something daily that makes you feel proud of yourself
Whether this is a walk after work, picking up trash you see on the sidewalk or beach, or going above and beyond to help someone, these are all simple ways to lift your spirits and help you feel good about yourself.
Once you’re in that state, you begin to notice more and more opportunities pop up to move you closer and closer to your goals.
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Be open to doing something different
Sometimes without even knowing it, we avoid opportunities to make the change we seek. Usually we do this subconsciously as a form of protection.
Attempting new things in our life makes us uncomfortable, and feeling uncomfortable can lead to fear & anxiety about what may come, so we often talk ourselves out of trying something different.
But in order to break the pattern of doing the same thing over & over again expecting a different result, we need to try another route.
Watch your thoughts when new ideas come your way and notice what you say to yourself. Are you poo-pooing the idea or are you inviting the change with excitement?
If you’re still feeling anxious, try reading my blog about how to calm the anxiety of change.
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Practice the art of allowing
Halfway through my journey of making major life changes, I listened to a lot of advice from Esther Hicks on YouTube. She held live events all around the world to answer people's questions about how to create what they want in their lives.
Most of all, she's well known for her 5 steps to manifesting dreams, and #4 is mastering the art of allowing, meaning feeling good or happy all the time.
This isn't as easy as it might sound. It takes practice to feel good all the time.
We need to constantly pay attention to our emotions and make sure we are living in a state of happiness all the time, whether we have what we want or we don’t.
For a lot of us, it's difficult to let go of feeling frustrated or upset. What would we talk to our friends about if we couldn’t complain about things or have problems with what’s going on in our lives?
But that’s just it. We must get good at BEING as if we’re already living our dream lives.
How happy would you feel in that case?
Think about that and practice feeling that way, ALL - THE - TIME.
That is when the magic will show up.
Once the magic happens in your life and answers to your questions come up, there’s one more thing to do.
TAKE ACTION.
If I just allowed the magic of my husband coming home with the idea of how to change my life forever but didn’t act upon it, I’d still be in the same position wanting the change but never realizing my dreams.
Of course, taking action is a whole other subject for another day, which is the big reason for this blog. This is where I’ll be sharing tips and tools with you to help you take that action and create that lasting change so you too can realize your dreams.
Please know I’m here for you to support you and help you along the way once you begin to take action.
Feel free to get in touch with me at any time!
Many blessings ~
Anne