Virtual Postcard from Dance Camp #3
(from June 24th, 2009)
On my first night at camp I must have settled into bed around 9:30 p.m. I was tired and laying down was so inviting. I spent the late evening alone, journaling. I wrote at the top of a notebook sheet the date, my age to the day (for some reason), my location, and the purpose of the entry, which was: “To manifest greater creativity, contribution, community, generosity, profitability, and financial wealth, AND TO BE EVEN HAPPIER AND SATISFIED NOW,” (that last bit was all written in caps). The rest of the journal entry focused on what I want from the next 3 months in order to create those things for myself. I created a chart in the notebook. The first column is labeled “July-September, 2009”. The second column is “October-December, 2009”. The rows on the left say, “BE,” “DO,” “GET/HAVE.” The first segment is what/who I want to be in the next quarter. The second segment is what I need to do to get there. The third column is related to material matters and creature comforts.
In my July-September 2009 BE column, a few of the items I have listed are: “I want to be an actor, an excellent, convincing, stunning actor; I want to be a bigger contributor to my communities; I want my companies to be efficient and profitable.” I then filled in my DO column (to begin after Movement Play), which includes finding an excellent acting coach, taking singing lessons, getting an agent for hooping (at the least), building an acting reel and resume, and implementing some pending hoop business development plans.
This is all really exciting, and surprising! I had an experience recently where I found myself surprisingly jealous of another person. Upon self-inquiry, the jealously led me to realize that I have been out of the practice of manifesting my ideal life, hence I had been experiencing a feeling of not moving forward or of not living my potential.
About three years ago Ken and I began a manifestation practice together where we created a beautiful scrapbook listing our desires for our lives. So much of what is in that book has come to bear fruit. The unfamiliarity of jealousy made me realize that I need to practice my old habit of clarifying and focusing on what I want out of my life. I have a new evolution on this thinking, which is that I’m only planning 3-6 months out (thank you to Timothy Ferris’ The 4 Hour Work Week for that). Planning 3-6 months out makes my goals very present, real, and attainable. It puts time in the light of “being of the essence”.
I don’t know how long I spent journaling that first night at camp, but that act of putting pen to paper to figure out who I want to BE, what I need to DO to get there, and what I want to HAVE in my life left me in a state of bliss. I know that I am a powerful attractor, and that I bring into my lift the life that I want to live when I am focusing on doing so. It feels great. Have you tried it yet?
