Great news!  Things are shifting for me.

I got an email yesterday that there was a cancellation space available at a Holistic Health & Wellbeing Fayre in West Wycombe this Sunday. I snapped that lovely opportunity up in seconds! Part of the course is to look out for what is new for you and then jump in! The opportunities will present themselves to you, but you do have to respond and take action to make them happen.

I did a couple of similar fayres earlier this year – but didn’t have much success as they were poorly attended and I was in a little back room that had even fewer people coming in than the main room. I had some great conversations with people doing similar work which was great and I had a nice day out – but it didn’t build my business.

I’ve got a good feeling about Sunday this time. It feels more aligned for me due to all the energetic work I’ve been doing. I’m really excited about this. My next tasks are to review what I did before and see what I need to add to what I offer.

If you are in West Wycombe this Sunday – the fayre is between 10am and 4pm in the The West Wycombe Village Hall. Do pop by and say hello if you are in the area!

I took a couple of days off over Easter.   While I think it’s important to work towards goals and be focused, I also think it’s important to goof off and relax too.   I didn’t do much over the weekend in terms of linear action, but I did take energetically strategic action – including an hour of bouncing on my trampoline.  That feels so good, you can feel the endophins kick in as you do it.

My plan is to take 3 types of energetically strategic action each day.  The first is to do something that gets me physcially moving as that makes me feel good.  The second is to connect with another human being that I love each day (and email or texting doesn’t count – it needs to be by phone or better still in person).  The third is to create order by tidying and sorting through things that I no longer need.  Combined, I think these actions will shift me into the feeling of excitement about my business and of abundance that will help my intentions manifest quicker.

So my urge to clean up and declutter is still very strong.   I think that’s a good sign, it means that I’ve shifted my energy so that I can’t tollerate all the piles of paperwork and unfinished pieces of work.  Suddenly it seems so much easier to let things go that I really don’t need any more.  Today I sorted through a box of paperwork that survived a purge a few months ago.  A few months ago I wanted to keep it, now most of it doesn’t seem important to keep and has gone in the recycling bin.   This is really important for me to run my business effectively.  I need to be more systematic and organised and keep on top of all the paperwork.

As I was sorting out some old bank statements I felt really hot and uncomfortable and started to feel sick and anxious.  Not sure what was going on, but I realise I haven’t completely dealt with my money issues yet. I had to sit down and do some EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique – or tapping) to calm myself down.   I need to investigate this more – but it’s clearly an area that isn’t in alignment with my new money intention.    I’m really pleased that it happened, it means there is a block there or something I am resisting and as soon as I work through it I’ll feel a lot better!

So – days 4 and 5 I didn’t really do anything productive.  I did another Hot Yoga class and didn’t really enjoy it, I did some knitting – but mostly I felt a bit under the weather and didn’t really think about money or the manifestation thereof.  

It feels like I’m hitting that wall of resistance I met the first time.  But I’m not going to give up, I”m going to keep at it and work through whatever it is that is bugging me.

So today, I’ve listened again to the section on Linear Action.  What I like is the section that ‘growth doesn’t happen within our comfort zone’.  We are always going to feel uncomfortable, nervous, even scared when we are doing something new.  And we can’t grow without doing new things and taking different actions.  So the fact that I feel uncomfortable is fine, in fact it means I’m on the right track.  I’ve just got to hold on and work through it.

Taking Linear Action is where a lot of people come unstuck in the manifesting process, but it’s the most effective route to getting what you want.  I need to take steps that make me feel excited about this whole money manifesting thing.  It doesn’t have to be hard, or a struggle – it should be fun and interesting – but it has to be action, not just sitting around waiting for things to happen!

One of the action steps is to look for what new is showing up in your life right now.

So over the last few days:

- I made a new friend

- My Nan phoned to say she was sending me a cheque!  Thanks Nan – very much appreciated

- I’ve got a very strong urge to spring clean.

 - I have more energy – I feel restless and want to burn it off.

- Had great conversation with a new friend that was really inspiring

- Had a great conversation with an old friend that made me feel supported

- A lot of ideas are popping into my mind – ideas that I’ve had before, but not actioned, I’m going to make a list of those and then dowse to see what is the best next step.

 - I’ve been asked to do a couple of talks later in the year – that’s good, because the subject I’ve been asked to speak on is something I wanted to write more about.  It shows people are interested.

- Some holiday plans I made have fallen through – but that’s ok, it wasn’t going to be at quite the right time for me to go, and it means I can do something better instead!

As I write this post, I feel the excitement rising in me.  It’s sloughing off the ‘idunwanna’ feeling that was bugging me.  Of course I can do this.  I can work through the resistance feeling and just get on with it.

This is going to be awesome

Today I planned to shift my state by doing some mini-trampolining, but I was hindered because I couldn’t find the legs to my trampoline!  By the time I found them it was too late to bounce around as I had appointments to get to.  Still, I can do it tomorrow.

I went to yoga last night and felt really tired all day today – my skin reacted badly to getting hot and sweaty too so I was uncomfortable all day.  I didn’t go today because of the other things I had planned, but will go again tomorrow.

I did do some things off my to do list (i.e. tidying up some loose ends, posted some letters that I needed to send) but all in all not a great day for progress.

I’m going to have an early night and get back in the swing of it tomorrow.

Today I made a list of potentially energetic strategic actions to help me achieve my desired state.

I picked one at random, which was to call a friend who I always feel uplifted when I speak to her – unfortunately she was out, but even just thinking about her made me feel good!

I’m also going to yoga class tonight (my second one ever), as I think this will be good for me opening up the energy flow in my life and making me more flexible.

The other thing I have done over the last two days is teach myself to knit continental style, I’ve seen the most awesome pattern but hadn’t knit anything since I was about 9, but I just have to make this pattern!   Continental style knitting is quicker than the way I was taught by my nana and I’m really pleased I’ve got the hang of it.  (I know that might not seem exciting to some people – but yarn crafts really rock my world!)

As you can see the energetically strategic action isn’t about achieving a particular monetary target – but is working on shifting my energetic state into something more positive.  When I look down my list, it’s surprising how many are very physically active.  I really feel the need to get moving more now it’s spring.

I started my new part-time work today too.  It’s similar to a role I had before, but I’m enjoying it more already.

Next task is to work out what linear actions I need to take towards my goal.

“Every single life circumstance present in your life is a reflection of a vibration contained within your energetic state of Being.  That means somewhere… in your energetic totality, there is a vibrational match for whatever is presenting itself in your life.”  Andrea Hess

I look around and I’m pleased with what I see and have.  I love my house, I’m warm and safe.  I have enough to be able to treat myself now and again.   I don’t feel lack often.  However there are some things I’m not completely satisfied with and I want to change them.  So I’m following this programme to make that happen.  

The actions I’ve taken today:

I’ve read through the first section of the money manifesting programme again.   I’ve set my intention for the month and completed the exercises to understand what this change means to me.

The last time I did the exercise – money represented the energy of ‘relief’ to me.  When I check in now, that feeling isn’t there anymore.  The work I did before was enough to integrate that feeling in my life.  Now, when I look, money represents ‘excitement’ to me.  That’s going to be fun to work with over the next few weeks.

I’ve done some work to shift energy in the fifth and fourth dimensions.  This is all explained in the programme, but what it does is start creating changes in your emotional, mental and spiritual layers.  Tomorrow the work creating changes in my physical reality starts.

I really do feel more excited already.

So how did I do with my monetizing plan?

Did I make the amount I set as my intention:  Short answer – no.

Did I learn a lot from the experience:  Yes!

The main problem that I dealt with was lack of consistency.  I didn’t apply the method properly or indeed every day.   I got distracted and didn’t take as much action as I should have.  I got bogged down for a period feeling ill and run down.

However, I did have some successes.  After hitting a big emotional block and working through it, suddenly things started flowing more easily.  I had lots of clients and really enjoyed the sessions I did with them, also I was offered some part time work that I can do from home too.

I realised that I don’t have many channels open that I can receive money from either.  I don’t have any channels open where I can receive money without trading it for an hourly, weekly rate.  Creating books, auditory programmes, running teleclasses etc is one way of receiving income without it being tied to how many hours you put in.    That way you don’t get burned out, and although it means more initial effort up front, you can earn money from that initial effort many times over.

However, I’ve also realised I don’t find money that inspiring on its own!  I guess it doesn’t mean that much to me.  I’m much more interested in how I can help people be the best they can be.  But what I like about having money as a goal is that it is a definite measure of success.  How many people can I help that value the service enough to pay me for it?  Either I hit my goal, or I don’t.  If I don’t, I need to make some adjustments.  I have noticed that I still have some uncomfortable feelings around money, although they have reduced over the last month.

So what are my next steps?  Well I could either stop trying – or carry on.

What I’ve decided is that I’m going to do another 30 day trial, but this time blog my progress every day.  This might mean some short posts about the action I’ve taken, or some longer posts about what I’ve learned that day. Quite often, I go through a lesson, internalise it and either don’t share it, or forget that I ever felt differently before, so blogging as I go along will help me capture those learnings and also keep me focused on the daily action steps I need to take.  That’s the plan, anyway – I’ll let you know how it works out

I feel really motivated right now. I’m curious as to how this next month will unfold.