133: Where Have I been + an update

Where have I been? As you may have noticed, I have not been creating any new content or been writing any emails to you for a bit.

I have been MFCCA (missing from the content creation action)!

This happened after hitting my highest rev month
Earlier this year, I hit my highest revenue month at $22K which was a celebratory milestone only until it led to a burn-out. After delivering on all the big and small web design projects, I decided I needed to slow things down before my body breaks down making it a necessity and not a choice.

So, I took a couple weeks off, did an at-home 10-day online meditation retreat and filled my calendar only with a select few projects that I enjoy working on and the clients with whom I enjoy working with.

I also decided I will go on a 10 day in-person retreat near St. Louis this Fall and spend more of my weekends relaxing, hiking (haven't gotten to this one yet! #loftygoals), reading fiction (haven't done in years: now reading ​"Hell of A Book" by Jason Mott from my home state of North Carolina​, not an affiliate link) and net-flixing (I really enjoy Saturday matinees).

That sweet spot between growing my business and figuring out what's "enough" is something I am still tweaking and figuring out, while also mixing-in spaciousness and ease into my calendar—one of my high values!

Content creation had to take a back seat.

If you joined my email newsletter during this lull, and haven't gotten to know me yet, let me introduce myself:

Hi, I am Sophia, an Indian American (first generation - lived in Mumbai till I was 14!) web designer and coach to web designers, based in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC. I design websites on Squarespace and help other designers/freelancers build a thriving freelance business. It’s lovely to meet you. :)

And if you've been with me for a while and till here, a heartfelt thanks - thank you for coming along this journey as I figure out how to serve you better and how I can contribute meaningfully to help you reach your goals.

Now I've taken a few slower months — less clients, more reflecting and resting. I am not jumping back on the content creation wheel in full force, just yet, but you will begin to see some more action here in my newsletter and on my YouTube channel, starting with this update:

The 14 year journey
I started my freelance journey in Germany back in 2009 with a small business creating photo books for individuals and families (Quinceaneras, Nature photo collection, Father’s/Mother's Day, South Africa trip photos, photo memoirs and so on).

Now it’s 2023 where I build websites for a living. I have time freedom and make a living with my creative (plus some left-brain) talents. It’s taken 14 years to get here — at times very hard emotionally and financially. I have tons to learn still of course and have a fire for much more to create and contribute and experience. At the same time, I am feeling content with my journey so far.

Something keeps me up at night
Not literally! I can easily fall asleep anywhere, haha. But figuratively, that's true. Seeing freelancers going through the struggles that I went through settles not very well with me.

I have had this burning desire to help other designers/freelancers, be seen, get clients and grow their freelance business. That’s why in the last few years, I created the Millionaire Web Designer Coaching Program and the Empowered Communications for Web Designers Course (both programs are retired now). With these efforts, I've wanted to help freelancers solve the question of getting traction and building something for themselves on their own terms, as I myself struggled in getting a footing as a self-employed web designer in the early days.

Plus, as I learn more about building our family's net worth, I also want to share what we know about building a nest egg which is actually an expertise of Cristof, my husband who is a registered Investment Adviser and a genius in personal and business finance while being a compassionate communicator, especially when it comes to money-talks. We don't have all the answers, but we do have some solutions and can bring together others who can solve the other questions.

This is what's new
Cristof and I are working behind-the-scenes to launch a brand new video podcast which will be focused about helping freelancers both grow their business AND keep and grow what they earn for a rich nest egg for retirement.

We will share tips and strategies on become a person who brings value, finding clients, giving a red carpet experience to clients, how to manage our business finance, how to pay ourselves, how to start investing, getting out of debt and many more such topics around financial freedom.

Update: Cristof will create content on PineRidgeWealth.com and instead of doing a joint podcast, we will appear on each other’s YouTube channels whenever our topics align. So yeah, no joint podcast for now! This feels best to both of us and we are still very closely working on some collaborative articles and presentations for freelancers.

As for me, I will continue to design websites for clients and keep creating how-to videos while building this video podcast in the coming months/years. More full-fledged detail on this is coming up in the next few weeks.

Keep an eye out for...
I want to interview freelancers/designers/ anyone who has a tool or an idea to help freelancers on their journey to build a thriving business (btw, you don’t have to be a mega expert or have hit any specific revenue numbers — if you have 2 or 3 useful ideas from your own journey, let’s share it with the world, someone or the other is surely to benefit).

I will have more details on the name and the project soon but if you want to add value and share meaningfully, write me a note and let me know you are interested. We will be starting to record interviews in the last part of October so know that this won't be anything immediate like next week!

And now I want to hear from you
What “problem" or "situation” are you trying to currently solve in your freelance business? Drop me a line or comment below and let me know what resource/solution you would love me to share with you?

Kind regards,

Sophia

PS: We consider freelancers to be anyone who is working for themselves, wanting to add value to clients/audience with their skills (from web design, graphic design, marketing, virtual assistant, photographer, copywriting, consultant/coach in any niche, content creator, to an artist in any medium and so on).

A Spacious Calendar

Today, I have the whole day free.

There’s a certain beauty in spaciousness, in having an empty calendar.
Nothing to do, Nowhere to go.
Nothing to prove. Nothing to accomplish.

It’s freeing. It feels like a huge burden has lifted from my shoulders.

It’s just for this one day. Maybe it can grow into more days. Maybe it can become my whole life.

In “The Book of Ichigo-Ichige”, the authors reference the traditional swordsmiths of Japan whose philosophy is to “eliminate the unnecessary” to get to the essential”.

In anything that we do, there are layers & layers of that which is non-essential or excessive. It takes courage to let go of those layers because they often serve us as a protective shield, guarding us from the thing we unconsciously fear.

What do we fear? It could be anything that we haven’t processed and completely accepted about ourselves, our lives. It could be something deeply embedded in our subconscious that we are not really aware of.

So, we put layers on top. It could be layers that show up like this:

+ filling up our days with tight schedules
+ traveling from one place to another telling ourselves we are “adventurers” but truly we are not wanting to face what’s waiting for us back home
+ indulging in anything excessively, whether it is food, entertainment, going out, shopping, alcohol, drugs, etc.
+ it could show up in not organizing our papers or home
+ or in not recording our finances (income/expenses) or not looking at our bills
+ it can show up in consuming too many books on a topic but never implementing actions or tips you learn about in them
+ it can show up in signing up to too many courses or certificates instead of just starting your solopreneur business or LLC.
+ it could show up in taking up another degree program and remaining a student instead of slipping into the work-world

For me, they have shown up in some of the above ways. Some other ways are:
+ Starting new projects but not taking them all the way, whole-heartedly
+ Having too many open/unfinished projects/tasks
+ Not decluttering papers or things or digital files
+ Not making time for meditation, writing, reading and walking.

Lately, it’s been mostly showing up in me postponing things I truly want to do but can’t find a way to prioritize them. It simply drops into the back-burner as a some-day thing to do.

These are ways we fill up our time, our schedules and our attention. This is how we hide behind layers that keep us from the essential.
And it takes courage to peel away at the onion and allow what’s at the core to emerge. It’s what keeps us from starting , from continuing, from finishing and prioritizing the most important, essential parts of our lives.

Reflection Question
How are you creating layers that keep yourself separated from the essential, from your true heart’s desires and priorities?
What unnecessary things, activities, ways of being can you eliminate to get to the essential in your life?

Please journal your answers and if inspired, do share in the comments!

Keep moving forward even when falling off track

Training and getting to know the mind is a continuous process.

Three weeks ago, I started the Create Uplifting Thoughts video project. Today, I made a video to share with you a vulnerable and honest progress report of my journey so far with the hope that at least one person watching this will know they are not alone.

Watch it here:

I am grateful for you,
Sophia

Space between Sense Perceptions and Response

Short Talk + Guided Loving Kindness Meditation

Why Meditate? Many practical benefits in everyday life

Short Talk + Guided Meditation

Why I closed down my Abundance Through Imagination Project on YouTube

Yes, I am closing down Abundance Through Imagination YouTube channel and website.

In short: I've just been on a 10-day meditation retreat and many insights have come my way. This has led me to make some changes (again!). I will keep it short here but I share more on why I've come to this decision in ​my last video for this channel.​

What does this mean for you? If you enjoyed the videos on the Abundance Through Imagination channel but had hoped to watch some other videos I've made, please do so now; as I will pull down all the videos there by the end of this month.

What happens next? I have revived the old Reflection Pond channel (some of you know that was my old channel where I made videos on intentional living, mindfulness and meditation). But it has a new name: Create Uplifting Thoughts. You can find it here. Please subscribe to it, if you like. Update: It’s now called Be.Do.Have.Life and you can find it here: youtube.com/@bedohavelife

I will be creating new articles and video content focused on cultivating inner-peace through loving-kindness meditation, introspection exercises, events and programs that help us creating a calm, peaceful and uplifted mind. I will also make videos around acceptance, letting go, and generosity. You will see more on that in the coming weeks through my new content (I will send you the weekly emails like this one).

What do you need to do?
1. Nothing. If you are enjoying being on this journey with me, even as I change and transform and pivot over the course of months and years, do nothing (or subscribe to the new channel). Some of you have been with me for years and I thank you for coming along with me. I will move you to the new Create Uplifting Thoughts email list and you will continue to get weekly Thursday morning emails. You don't have to do a thing.

2. Starting next Thursday, please look out for the new emails coming from this email: hello@createupliftingthoughts.com.

Also, the old emails sophia@abundancethroughimagination.com or sophia@abundancethroughvisualization.com will no longer be in service.

3. I will talk about abundance but from a "letting go" and "acceptance of what is" point of view rather than "acquiring" and "having" point of view (​see the video​ for clarification on what I mean). Or you are welcome to stay on and see what I create next - it may be helpful to you still.

Finally, I thank you for your patience and understanding as I figure this journey out. My intention through these changes is: to help you create greater inner-peace and calm in your life and to understand the workings of the mind through meditation and introspection to create a life free from stress, anxiety and worry and eventually, ultimate freedom from suffering.

As always, feel free to email me here. I read and respond to every email you send me.

Peace, Sophia

New Name — Why I’m Naming It Abundance through Imagination?

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If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve seen a message like this before — “I’m changing the name of my website and YouTube channel!”. Now it’s happening again!

Lately, I have been going through many realizations and as I learn more, I am applying that understanding to my website and business, even at the risk of seeming to change my mind too often. But if I am not applying insights gained from new understanding, then the learning is not being put to use. It just stagnates as information or knowledge but not applied wisdom, right?

And so here it is…I am changing the name of my website and YouTube channel.

It’s now going to be called: Abundance Through Imagination

New website name: www.abundancethroughimagination.com
New YouTube channel name: https://youtube.com/@abundancethroughimagination

Back Story
Over the last six months, the site has gone through many name changes. Back in 2010, we first began with “Reflection Pond”. The focus then was all about mindfulness, creative visualization and sharing of Buddha’s teachings as we (my husband and I) understood it.

Then in the fall of 2022, I decided to pivot and focus more on visualization. So the official name became “Queen of Visualization”. Soon I realized that this name put unintentional focus on me as the self-proclaimed Queen of Visualization when what I really wanted to convey was that we are each our own “royal” of our own world. That’s when I moved on to “Abundance through Visualization” because it expressed two important things:

1. the goal of the website = creating abundance and
2. the tool for achieving it = visualization methods.

Now we are in spring of 2023 and I have yet another realization which compels me to change the name to “Abundance through Imagination”.

Why the Change from Visualization to Imagination?
In the last few months, I have been deeply studying the work of Neville Goddard, especially through the mastermind I joined that’s run by Niclas of UpgradetoLife.com and some things have become clear to me.

When it comes to creating real changes in our lives, we have to become the person we want to become now and then our actions and our outer world changes out of that transformation. It’s about assuming the person we want to become first. And for that we have to experience what it feels like to be that person. We need to experience in our mind’s eye what it is like if our desires were already a reality. We enter and embody the feeling of that new person here and now.

To do all of that we rely on the power of our imagination.

And yes, through our imagination we can visualize. But visualization is a term that reflects only one aspect of the process. Although I have used the word “visualization” to be an umbrella-term for all our senses, one doesn’t infer that same meaning just by seeing the word. Visualization itself means using the sense of vision or our eyes to “see” things. But imagination goes beyond visualization. It’s using all our senses. We can use our imagination to hear, smell and even feel the touch of something. We can use our imagination to see things but also rely on our sixth sense to simply get a feeling. Imagination is so much more all-encompassing than visualization.

That’s why I felt compelled to change the name. And it feels right.

I am glad I have the ability to apply what I am learning and not shy away from making changes even if from the outside it may seem I am not settling on one thing, being restless or changing my mind too often. I guess those are simply my fears of how I will be perceived. But I am not letting those fears get in the way! And I know that if you are reading this and are on my email list, you will perceive this change kindly and be curious of what it all entails.

I invite you to explore the significance of the new name on your own manifestation journey as well as remind yourself that you have the permission to change your mind based on new information!

I’d like to take this moment to thank you for reading my blogs, watching my videos and being on my email list. To another new start!

Peace,

Sophia

Film Sachertorte and the Law of Assumption — Application for Love & Romance

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I share with you a beautiful message in the 2022 film, Sachertorte, a romantic comedy. It carries some real messages about applying the Law of Assumption in our every day lives.

In this live, I explore the idea of “being loyal to your vision” and how to live in flow and reception of life based on the love story in this German-Austrian film. If you are imaging being in a relationship or even if you already have a significant other, this session is a fun one.

I extrapolate the message as it applies not only for romance but it has implications for life in general. Watch this fun conversation about applying the law of assumption to romance.

Peace,
Sophia

How Neville helped a friend find his lost piano using an imaginal act — Neville Goddard Success Story

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Neville Goddard - author, speaker and some call him a modern mystic shares many “success” stories of how he used the law of assumption to create results in his life and those shared by his students.

This is the story of how he helped a friend get back a piano that was lost after he sent it in for repairs.

He got the piano delivered back using an imaginal act, without lifting a finger!

Peace,
Sophia

Without lifting a finger, he got out in 9 days using his mind — Neville Goddard Success Story

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Neville Goddard - author, speaker and some call him a modern mystic shares many “success” stories of how he used the law of assumption to create results in his life and those shared by his students.

This is the story of how he was drafted in the US military during the Second World War but he wanted to be back with his wife and daughter who was not even a year old.

He got out in 9 days without lifting a finger.

Today, I am super excited to share about how Neville Goddard applied the law of assumption in his own life.

Watch my first YouTube Live to get the deets on Neville’s own success story.

Peace,
Sophia

Are we ill-equipped to deal with life?

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Often I’ve wondered about this while pondering about our world.

Why are so many people suffering? Why are they experiencing all kinds of misery? Why does life bring us into this world of suffering, at all?

This line of thinking inevitably leads to feelings of sadness for the state of the world. And thus, I too, slip into a form of suffering - a suffering that comes from seeing others in pain and misery.

Then, I saw an interview of Jenifer Lopez by Oprah as part of Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour Visionaries. In this interview, J Lo was describing how she feels that life is just beginning at 50 while Oprah accentuates the point that life doesn’t even begin to get good until we are in the 40’s and 50’s.

I get the good intention of that statement - it’s about reminding us that things are still good and will get better when we turn 40 or 50.

But why do people have to go through years and years of being lost and struggling till they get to the “good part”. Why “waste” 40 or 50 years before we get to realizations and insights and begin to enjoy life? (Nothing is a waste, I am using that word to exaggerate the point only!)

So while all this pondering and wondering was going on, I listened to a lecture by Neville Goddard. In it, he was talking about our human capability to imagine. He said that we don’t ever have to create our imagination; it’s always with us. We may not be good at using imagination. We may not yet have mastered the art of imagination. But we don’t have to invent it. It’s already something we know how to do.

That’s when it clicked:

We are already birthed into this world with all that we need. We are already given the tools to navigate this life.

I used to wonder why we are so ill-equipped to deal with this life. It seems like everyone is going through some version of emotional, physical or mental hurdles. But I realized that it’s not that we are ill-equipped; we are unaware of all that which we are equipped with. In fact, not only are we well-equipped to deal with this life, we have the best tools already within us.

If you know the movie, The Matrix - there’s a scene where Neo, the protagonist needs to fly a helicopter but doesn’t know how. He calls up control room and asks for the helicopter flying program to be uploaded to his mind. Then instantly he knows how to fly the helicopter!

I think that’s how it is for us. We already have the program we need. We just didn’t know.

The two tools that we are equipped with:
1. Awareness
2. Our Creative Imagination

We just need to use our creative imagination and we need to begin applying our awareness to life.

We have it all!

Peace,
Sophia

How I went from $32K to $100K in one year using simple mindset shifts | Neville Goddard + Florence Scovel Shinn

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Money mindset shifts are powerful. I used simple shifts to triple my business revenue in just one year. And I did that not by changing the marketing, the website, content creation or such things in the external world. What I did change was my internal world.

These are simple practices that I have learnt from Denise Duffield Thomas, Rachel Rodgers, Neville Goddard, Florence Scovel Shin, Wallace Wattles and others.

Today, I am super excited to share these simple yet powerful practices with you so you can get results too!

1. A little background of my biz journey

2. A moment of real low that helped bring about a big shift in me

3. Actual results in numbers

4. 10 practical money mindset shifts 

5. My assignment for you 

6. True abundance & how all this applies to you individually

Watch this YouTube Live to get all the juicy details including insights, anecdotes and actual revenue numbers. Plus, I have a free gift that I share about in the video that you can download.

Peace,
Sophia

Congratulations Scene: Manifestation Method of Neville Goddard

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Today, I am super excited to share about this Neville Goddard method that helps you create results in 3 seconds.

1. What is the Congratulations Method

2. What it is not

3. How I first began using it and my first success

4. How I am currently using it for my next goals

5. Tips on using this method successfully 

6. 4 examples of how you can apply it in your life

Watch my first YouTube Live to get all the juicy details about this method.

Peace,
Sophia

How to get guidance from your future self | Visualization

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In this visualization, I guide you through a visual journey so you can meet your future self. Ask questions about a particular problem you are facing right now or insight about your next step.

Be You

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Be you. Being yourself, being authentic is your secret to success and abundance.

Anytime you second-guess yourself, know that this is not you. It’s not coming from your true self. Your true self doesn’t judge you. It doesn’t say you should be anyone you are not.

Yes, being your true self can be challenging at times. Especially, if the culture and society you live in doesn’t accept you and your way of being. Then, see if you can go to a different place if that’s possible right now. Be among those who will accept you and love you for who you are. But if you can’t change where you are and if it is dangerous to show your true self, be safe first. Do what’s best right now so you can be safe. Then in your mind, go to a place where you can freely be yourself. Visualize this.

In your mind, be free because no one can take away your freedom there. Then see yourself in a place where you can be yourself in safety and complete freedom.

Be guided from within.

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Don’t Judge Your Desires

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The desire that’s within you is there for a reason. It is through this desire you will become the version of yourself that you truly want to be.

Inside this desire is a treasure trove. Just like the oak nut is the seed for a beautiful, healthy, strong tree, so is your desire a seed for all that you are to embody.

It’s your desire that brings out the many aspects of yourself - good and bad - that you can become familiar with. It brings out our fears and doubts and greed and anger and impatience and self-judgments. We can become aware of it and allow these to pass and fade away. Through the very process of becoming aware, the dissolve.

But your desires also bring out your aspirations, the enthusiasm and excitement for that which you truly want to do. It fills you with energy and determination and creativity and innovation.

Your desire is your guide.

Don’t judge them.

Make sure they are coming from your true, pure heart. A truly genuine desire doesn’t harm anyone. If the desire blatantly harms or hurts someone then, of course, rethink your path and course of action.

But if it is truly your genuine pure heart’s desire and it comes from that place of benevolence, then you can trust it.

Universe, God, Divine Force, whatever you want to call it, wants to experience life through you, through your desires.

Let your desires be your guide and let them help you become the best version of yourself that’s already within you.

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Rewards Of Simplicity

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Simplicity comes with a lot of benefits. The less clutter, the less unresolved things you have hanging about both in your mind and in your surrounds, the more mental space you will have.

Simplicity leads to greater mental peace.

Be bold in letting go of that which you know no longer serves you.

Ask yourself:

Why are you holding on to it?
What will happen when you let it go?
What stagnant, stuck energy will you free up?
How will you feel when you make changes to simplify your life?
How does it feel now that you have streamlined and simplified your belongings?

One of the reasons we do not take action towards simplifying is because we feel that it will be too much to handle. It feels overwhelming, burdensome.

And yes, some aspects of simplifying are not easy. Taking decisions, choosing, discerning, letting go - these are not easy.
The can be physically and emotionally draining and can take mental bandwidth - bandwidth that in our tired, busy lives we may not have.

But if you take it piece by piece, step by step, its totally doable. Take away any time pressure you may be feeling from this process. If you had all the time in the world, how would you go about this simplifying process? You would feel no pressure, right? So take that pressure off and take one thing at a time.

With every decision you make, every item you let go, every part of your life that you simplify, you will gain tons of energy back.

You will be rewarded for the effort you put in. You will feel lighter, you will have more clarity. You will feel calmer. You will feel more energy.

Your mind will be spacious, expansive, and free of worries and burdens.

Let go of mental and physical clutter.

And you don’t have to do it alone. Seek help wherever needed. You will help someone else feel useful. That’s a really important gift you can give someone.

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Your Today Is The Result Of Your Yesterday

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Don’t let the past be in your way.

Just because certain things happened a certain way in the past, that doesn’t mean it needs to happen that way again because you can change your mind. From your mind you create your tomorrow.

Your today is the result of your yesterday.

It is the mirror that’s showing you the results of your yestermind - a mind of yesterday. You look around and you will see some things in your present are good. Some are not pleasant. So let it be and get busy creating a new version of your new life in your mind.

Today’s reality is just a mirror of what you unknowingly and unconsciously created in the past.

Do leave the mirror alone. Let’s say you have a hat on or a dress on and you go check it out in the mirror. If you don’t like it, what do you do? You go and change the hat or the dress, right? You don’t go and break the mirror or change the mirror. In the very same way, go and change the mind. Go create a new scene in your mind about your day, your life, about every part of your life.

Practice it and see the life around you change. See your conversations, your reality, the people and even animals; see your entire life transform.

But it starts with your mind.

Don’t let what you see in the mirror throw you off. Change the vision in your mind and then see the mirror reflect that back to you.

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Opening To New Beginnings With Ease

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Opening to new beginnings with ease.

If you are able to trust the process of this journey of life, then you can ease into the ebb and flow that at times feels disconcerting.

If you know that everything changes, you will understand that the difficult times will end someday and you will thus, not be too disturbed. You recognize that this is temporary and deal with it the best you can.

If you know that everything changes, you will cherish the good times, be present with the moment and enjoy it the best you can.

This is the ebb and flow of life. Change is one of its core components.

Embracing this will free you of a lot of heartache.

Know that like a sturdy ship, you too can navigate the undulating waves of this ocean of life.

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Beginning is The First Step

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Beginning is the first step. Taking that first step starts to shift things. With one small action you begin to carve out a new way of being.

Be happy that you had the courage to do something new and different than the old routine. Because that’s not an easy thing - to begin, to take the first step.

Now, carry on. Make this path your focus. Do what you know can be done. Don’t worry about all that you don’t know. You only need to take the right next step for this moment. And then the next moment and then the next moment and so on.

Just like going on a foggy road, you only need to see the road a few meters, a few yards ahead of you. It’s not necessary for you to see the whole path to your destination.

As long as you have the next few yards visible, make progress, keep forging ahead.

The only thing you need clearly is the vision of your most miraculous life in your mind. And keep that vision alive.

One way to do that is to make up a scene that implies that what you want has already happened. This is a method taught by Neville Goddard. And if you want to learn more check out the book, the Power of Awareness that Neville Goddard wrote.

So the scene can be made up of anything that means to you that your desire has come to fruition. So if you are dreaming of a car, then see yourself putting keys in the key hanger. If you are dreaming of a partner, see a closet where it’s your clothes and their clothes.

You don’t need much emotion for this scene.

Just see the people, things, and events clearly in your mind.

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