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Are you ready for your dream life?

10 years ago, my husband and I were on a camping trip and designed our dream house in a notebook.  We wanted land.  I wanted to farm it, my husband just wanted a place to four wheel.  But we wrote it down!  Over the years we talked about it and dreamed about it.  It’s never been forgotten, but like most of us, it did get put in the back seat for the current challenges many times.

This past week was surreal.  After 10 years of dreaming and planning, we spent the week house hunting for that dream house.  And this morning we will be putting in an offer.  There were times in the dreaming process that it only felt like a dream. There were times when it felt so far away.  There were times when I rationalized that I was fine and happy without it.  And there were times that I was frustrated with my life because the dream was not the reality.  It’s been a journey for sure!

So many of the things in my life right now were created first in my mind and heart.  My business is a product of me writing down in a notebook my dream business.  The home we are about to purchase was written in a notebook.  Even our 5 sons was written in a notebook.  I must have been crazy, but I actually wrote down that I wanted 5 boys and 5 acres.  The power to dream and create is one of man/woman kind’s greatest gifts.  I know there is a plethora of information on how to manifest what you want.  Lots of it is great!  Some of it is incomplete.  There really is a flood of information out there.  I want to share with you how I do it.

Our brains are all wired differently.  Some of us learn visually, some learn best through listening, some map out a detailed plan and then chunk it out step by step, and some just need to feel it to make it seem real.  In the beginning I felt like I had to follow an exact step by step process and if I didn’t do it the way I was told, I was doing it wrong.  I create MUCH better when I do it in the ways that work for me.  I am extremely visual and I love to write.  I write out stories in the present tense of what my life will be like.  I write lists of the things that I want.  I write, write and write.  Sometimes I write the same things over and over again!  And then I visualize in my mind living the life that I want.  It works for me.  I supplement with audio recordings and vision boards.  But recordings vision boards alone do not work well for me.  Find how you create and do it your way!

Creation by yourself is a lonely and challenging process.  It always feels like the weight of the goal is riding on your shoulders.  If you fail, everything fails.  And for anything to succeed it is up to you.  That is exhausting!  I create first with The Lord.  I choose what I want.  I don’t wait for Him to tell me what to do.  I choose and then I ask if that is okay.  Once I have heavenly approval, then I enlist people around me to help.  My family, my team members, and my friends.  Never create alone!

This one is huge!  The minute you stop believing, you stop progressing.  Doubt is a killer of the dream.  The years that I was really battling the doubt were the years we made the least progress.  Even if you have a tiny drip of hope, belief and faith flowing to you through an IV, take it and hold to it.  Plug into people that believe in you to help you through the times you can’t.  And believe that God, the Universe or whatever source you believe in WANTS for you to realize your desires.

A dream without action equals frustration and resentment.  Contrary to what is out there in the world, you do not manifest and wish success into your life.  You start with manifesting and you open up the door to receiving through activity.  If you are sitting around waiting for your dreams to arrive on your porch, you’ll wait a long time.  Dreams don’t just show up, opportunities do.  Each opportunity that you take will move you one step closer.  False opportunities will also show up.  They look like the key to success, when really they are meant to distract.  When opportunities come up, really look at them.  Pray about them and see if they are part of the journey, or a detour.  You’ll learn from both.  But the detours take longer! For more details: http://amywalkerconsulting.com/