Stop Wishin' and Waitin'...and Start Doin'

Here is what I  know when it comes to money and business.  

When my sons were little and I decided to quit my "secure" but BORING job to go on my own, everyone in my life expressed doubt and caused my fears to paralyze me.  I decided I needed to only surround myself with positive and optimistic people.   

Luckily, I got my analytical, logical mind from my dad and I learned to be practical and pragmatic.  All those coaches who say, "just think it and it will come" never worked for my brain.  I need action not just thought, to believe in.   One tool I learned was to create 2 or 3 budgets,  the "barely cutting it" budget , and the dream budget.   Every week I would prepare my cash flow projections, I call it the "Peace of Mind" schedule to see the sources and uses of money week by week.  If I needed to manifest money for something it would first go on the peace of mind schedule.   As soon as I did that the money or the opportunities would show up and I had the clarity I needed to take action.  Clarity being the key word.   Eventually my faith and trust grew in this process and I started to go from bare minimum to thrive.   I started to ask for what I wanted on my spreadsheet and I made it happen.     Now I'm manifesting a dream to live part time in France.  A year ago when I went to Paris, I had to put it all on a credit card!   I went, had a blast and the money quickly followed.  

Another thing I've learned is if you wait to live your life until you have enough money or whatever(____you fill in the blank.), whatever it is you're waiting for won't ever show up and you'll always be waiting.  Acting 'as if' is something I did when I was afraid to do something that I knew was good for me, like public speaking.  I'd act as if I wasn't scared and then go take action.   It's the same way with money.  Act as if you already have the money, make the precise plans as if its already in your bank account.   

The act of stepping toward your dreams makes your dreams step toward you.   

When I dreamed of going to Paris last summer, I thought I had to have the money all saved up before I could book the flight.  Then I remembered this principal.  I had enough for a plane ticket I made it happen, then I received a check in the mail from a piece of real estate I unloaded 5 years ago!  It was enough for 3 weeks in Paris!  But I really wanted to stay for 4 months so I filled out all the paperwork for a 4 month visa.  It was a load of paperwork but I got the visa so I was prepared to stay just in case something came up and it did!  Many things came up and I ended up extending my trip 3 times when I was there and I was asked to participate in the book project -  My Paris Story: Living, Loving and Leaping in the City of Light Without a Safety Net, which will be launched in March to coincide with International Womens' Day....I'll be in Paris for the launch party, an unbelievable dream come true for me.

Anyway this just goes to show you that it takes action toward your dreams to make it happen, not wishing and waiting.