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Day Nine: Make Believe

Remember how we used to tell children to make believe? As a child, I remember being told to ‘make believe’ something numerous times. My memories growing up include pretending we were packing things into a car and going on a trip. We would pretend we were starring in a movie, or in a wrestling match or even cooking in an imaginary kitchen. Growing up, my parents would make us (my sister and I) believe there was a tooth fairy. And Santa Claus? Well, he always magically knew what we wanted for Christmas!

The older we got, the less we started to “make believe” and the more things got real. Santa Claus wasn’t from the North Pole, he was just the biggest and happiest man in our community. There was no boogie man hiding in the closet, that was just in our imagination. As we grew older, the world became more realistic and life was not play pretend.

What if I told you as an adult to make believe?

If as children, you could make believe and make things happen (at least in your world) then as adults, you can do the same! The law of attraction tells you that you can speak something into existence. If you want something badly and believe in it, the whole universe will work in your favor to bring it to you.
For example, if you consistently make believe you will get into the best university, you will put forth the hard work required to get into the best schools. If you speak your future job and that future position you want to hold, you will achieve it. Just believing in something itself will in return make you act like you already have it, dress like you already have it and talk like you have it. And by doing this, you will be attracting that very thing you are ‘making believe’.

A perfect example of this occurred when I was working as a teacher’s assistant. Our front desk coordinator was moving out of town and her position was going to be open. Out of all the teachers and teacher’s assistants, one young lady was offered the job. A recently hired teacher, who dressed, interacted and carried herself in the way that a coordinator should, got the offer! It was well deserved and almost as if she made herself believe she will get a promotion.

Call to ACTION:

As adults, I encourage you all to make believe into existence! Pretend that you are training for the big marathon next week. Hold onto the belief that you will be offered that position you’re working hard for. Trust that you are or will be financially independent. Know you are working on improving yourself and growing your side hustle. Trust that you are part of and have the support of a loving family. Whatever it is that you need to make believe, believe in making it!

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Day Eight: It’s not easy, but it’s worth it.

In one of my daily posts, I wrote about how you can really do anything you put your mind to. You know what it takes, you know all the steps and if you do it, you know it can happen. What I didn’t mention was that it IS hard to achieve that goal, whether it be a slimmer body, financial freedom, a better relationship or anything in between.

That is because anything worth having doesn’t come easy. If getting fit and in good shape was easy, then everyone would be fit. If reaching financial freedom was easy, then everyone would be financially free. If completing a triathlon was easy, then everyone would do it. You get my point. Whatever it is that you are trying to do, whatever that goal may be that you are trying to achieve, getting there will NOT be easy. It will take lots of time, hard work and dedication.

So what do you do?

My photography up on the walls of SJ Methodist Hospital, where I worked for three years!

You have to do something more than you are now. You have to do what others are NOT doing. When your friends may be partying it up over the weekend, you may have to skip out and attend that weekend conference to get that promotion at work. When others sleep in until 10 on Saturday mornings, you may have to wake up at 6am to work on that side hustle. You may have to skip out on those Sunday brunches with co-workers if being at church is your priority.

The underlying question becomes this; what are you willing to give up, skip out on and change in your life so that you can achieve that goal? The answer is completely different for everyone that reads this, because everyone’s priorities and lives are different. There is no right or wrong. It’s whats right for you.

Call to ACTION: You already know what you need to cut out OR add to your routine to get closer to that goal you have been thinking of getting to. UNDERSTAND that it WILL be difficult, but know that it will also be worth it. So, just do it!