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Creating Life on Your Terms Part 3: How to Manifest Your Dreams with Words and Actions

Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared with you the first steps of manifestation and how to create life on your terms once and for all. Before we go on, make sure you are practicing step one and you’ve made a list of all the things you really do want in your life.

By now you should be very clear on what you truly desire for your life, even if your dreams seem selfish, unrealistic or totally out of reach.

And by now you should also be seeing in your mind and feeling in your body what it would be like to pay off your credit cards, drive a car that no longer breaks down, take that dream vacation to Maui with your family, or whatever else is on your list.

If you need a refresher on how to work through this first step of the manifestation process, please refer back to my earlier article in this manifestation series: acknowledging what you want.

If you feel comfortable with step one and you are ready to see your dreams become reality, then let’s move on to the remaining steps which are:

2. Manifest Your Dreams with Words and Actions

Once you have gotten as clear as you possibly can on what you really do want in your life, the next step to create life on your terms™ is to begin moving these desires into the physical realm through your words and actions.

I’m sure you’ve heard by now about creating a vision board where you cut out pictures of things you’d like to have in your life and put them on a board that you can look at throughout the day to remind you of what you want.

That’s definitely great place to start, but that’s not the only way to do it. During this part of the manifestation process you might paint a picture, write music or simply tell everyone you know about your vision. Each one of these works as well as the vision board.

Here’s a recent example from my own life to help you understand what I mean.

Ever since I moved to California and discovered the Hermosa Beach walkstreets (10 flat streets that are perpendicular to the beach that no cars can drive on), I’ve wanted to live there.

Yet every time I’d think about it, my mind would automatically say, “Sorry Alexis, you can’t afford to live on a walkstreet.

Houses there are a minimum of two million dollars and that is NOT in your budget right now”.

After learning about the process of manifestation, I began to overcome these thoughts and recognize them for what they were - conditioned thoughts that had no basis in Reality, the reality that governs the Universe rather than our everyday circumstances.

So instead of dismissing my dreams and feeling defeated, I took action.

First, I set a timer for 5 minutes and wrote out everything I wanted my “dream house on the beach” to be. I specifically wanted to live on a walkstreet in Hermosa Beach a block from the ocean. I wanted 3 bedrooms, wood floors and the rent/mortgage would need to be under $3,000 a month (which again, seemed impossible considering the area). I also wanted it on the north side of the street because that was the side that got the most sun throughout the day.

And while this dream seemed impossible by anyone’s standards, I found the perfect house within weeks of writing out my description. 3 bedrooms, wood floors, rent of $2,700 a month, the Pacific Ocean within steps of my door and it was even on the north side of the street! This was just the beginning.

I used the same process to find my next house (even better!), manifest a fantastic relationship and many, many other wonderful events and opportunities that have come into my life.

3. Stay Open for the Opportunities

Here’s the key to all of it though. It’s not enough to get clear on what you want and then write it down or pain the picture. This last step is most important. You need to stay open for the opportunities that will allow your manifestation into your life.

With the house, that meant actively looking in the local paper for properties each week and even driving through the area I wanted to live to see what was for rent. When the perfect place appeared, I was there to see it!

But I also want you to remind you that the universe may send something that “appears” to be the right thing, but isn’t. In fact, you will always be given tests and if you settle for less than you really want, guess what you get!  So stay open to the opportunities–but do not settle. Stay focused on what you really want and have faith that you will attract it with your open anticipation and action-taking when you follow the process of manifestation and create life on your terms!