My Experience Manifesting Money
Manifestation is a woo-woo topic, but one that I strongly believe in. For those unfamiliar, manifestation is the practice of bringing the things that you want (experiences, physical objects, or feelings) into your life. In my practice, it is less about the object and more about the mindset, which is how I think it should be. If you are curious, I am a non-specific manifestor based on human design, which I totally relate to. Never in my life have I manifested the exact parking spot I wanted to park in or the exact amount of money on a check that's come in the mail. In this post I thought I'd share with you some of my experiences manifesting wealth in the past year. This is not a guide, most of the money came from a car insurance settlement and I would not recommend breaking a vertebrae for a little extra dough, but I hope that you are able to take away the mindset I have that allows me to live in a place of financial freedom.
Before talking about money, I think it's important for me to give a little context. I'm living in a relatively low cost of living college town where I am getting my PhD. My stipend is $26,000 a year pre-tax, which is enough for me to live on, but I don't have much extra for discretionary spending or savings. I come from an upper middle class family, have never wanted for anything in my childhood, but also had a job as soon as I could get it, never had a car bought for me or traveled internationally. A little over a year ago I wanted to put a manifestation practice into place to try and attract more money into my life.
The first part was living the life that I wanted for myself. I journaled and wrote some things that the ideal version of myself would do: buy higher quality clothing less often, buy higher quality ingredients, look expensive. I then looked through my list and started living that life to the best of my ability. I stopped buying fast fashion, giving up stores like H&M (which I still love and was one of my favorite retail jobs in my life) for more sustainable and higher quality alternatives like Christy Dawn. This in itself takes privilege, but I was conscientious about buying only what I need and not getting trendy items. I also started staying home and cooking more. In my budget I was able to take the money I would have spent dining out and redistribute it towards higher quality produce and meats. I also shopped my stash. Started wearing jewelry everyday and using my perfumes instead of letting them sit on my vanity. I was actively living the life that I had envisioned for myself, even though I hadn't manifested any money yet.
Then came labor day weekend last year where I was a passenger in a pretty severe car accident. A car had pulled forward at a stop light while the car I was in was driving 65mph down a highway and we collided. The car I was in spun and then rolled over into the median. My boyfriend pulled me out of the back windshield and while I never once was worried about dying, I was in so much pain. It turns out that while the seatbelt had saved my life, because I am a smaller person it also whipped me back into the seat with so much force that it essentially shattered my lower vertebrae right above my tail bone (picture whiplash, but like the whole upper body moving). I might do another post about how this led me to the best year of my life work wise, but all in all it was an almost seven month process going back and forth with insurance to get my medical bills covered. Through this process I was never worried about being able to pay my medical bills. This was because I had an excellent lawyer that kept everything from going to collections and told me repeatedly that all my bills would be taken care of in the settlement. I never wanted settlement money for myself. I was glad to walk away with my health and my life and that was enough. The people who know me best can tell you that I always said that as long as my lawyer, medical insurance, and medical providers got the money they needed from the settlement I would be happy. My lawyer (Vaughan and Vaughan if you are in Indiana) ended up negotiating a $28,000 settlement, which was mind blowing to me considering I didn't really ever receive medical care for my back besides the emergency room visit, one urgent care visit, and a consult with a spine surgeon who told me I didn't need anything and would heal fine by myself. After everyone was paid out I was left with $18,000. This is over half of my annual salary and I was so shocked and excited.
Since then, I have manifested smaller amounts of money into my life by living in alignment with the version of myself that I want to be. Not holding on too tightly to my money, but also not being careless. If money is energy, I wanted to live in a state of trust. Knowing that I could spend some and it would come right back to me. Around August I wanted to buy an Oura ring. I have enough money to purchase it outright, but wanted to see if I could manifest it into my life. The week of my birthday, I got a couple cards in the mail with just enough money to cover it. That felt like a sign that I was living in alignment. More recently, I have gotten checks in the mail that came completely unexpectedly either for overpaying on medical bills from the accident, government refunds, or health insurance reimbursement.
I am someone who has never really been stressed about money and I am aware of the privilege that comes from that. I have a safety net in my parents and partner, but in past times of my life I was so stressed about saving for retirement or having enough in the bank or whether I was investing properly. All this to say that I think for me the healthiest relationship with money comes from being mindful of what I want it for, living the life I want to without getting too involved with the material things, and letting go of the stress and living with the knowing that the universe will take care of me.
Let me know if you would like more of these personal posts in the future. They aren't full of any tangible takeaways like my other posts, but it was fun for me to reflect on the past year and how my mindset has changed and led me to a happier healthier place.
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