Spring has finally arrived in Cincinnati! The weather is warm and the flowers are in bloom. The air smells of good vibes and better days to come (unless you’re allergic to pollen…). We are living in nature’s rebirth. It’s easy to feel inspired by the change in brighter days, new life and warmer weather. Now is the perfect time to embrace the high vibes and do some self-development work. It’s time to manifest Future You.
When you’re in the pursuit of your next desire or your next level self, you immediately start dreaming about what your life will be like once you have that new desire or are embodying your next level self. You are manifesting these things. These desires are on your vision board. You’re dreaming about Future You.
Who is Future You? What does Future You have? How does Future You’s life look?
For sure, Future You is elevated, an even better version of you today. Future You’s life is everything you want it to be and is unique to you and your manifested desires. Which means Future You’s life is going to look different from every other person’s. So, it goes without saying that you cannot step into Future You if you’re trying to be or live the life of someone else. No one is you, and that is your power!
Who you are and what you do today is a combination of your own desires and, inevitably, the influences of others. Maybe you were told early on by your parents that your career choices were limited to professional roles–you can be an artist as a hobby–and off you went in pursuit of letters after your name. But the grind is real and you realize you need different. Maybe you’re considering making a major shift in your life, be it lifestyle, location or vocation, but you’re so comfortable where you currently are. Maybe you’re faced with the reality of leaving family in town, moving small children, saying goodbye to a high paying job with amazing benefits but a role you hate. It’s clear that some of or none of where you are, or even who you are, today feels in alignment with the Future You you desire to be. It’s time to make a change, even though it may feel reaaaaaaally scary.
I know from personal experience how hard it is to want to pivot from a career/life/path others dreamed of for you, and likely worked extremely hard to set up for you, and feeling like you would devastate them with the change. When I told my parents I was leaving the practice of law after three years in, they looked at me like I had three heads. But I knew the shift was necessary to have the future lifestyle I needed and they ultimately supported me in my decision. At the end of the day, every parent (should) want their children to be better off than they were. So, out of respect for our parents and other role models, shifting away from a life molded out of the blood, sweat and tears of our biggest champions feels heavy. But, you have to remember: you will never be truly happy if you are living a life that isn’t in alignment with who you are and your true desires.
If you aren’t already, it’s time to start living FOR YOU. It’s time to get a little selfish and start putting your desires on the front burner rather than the back. I know how challenging that can feel, especially if you’re saddled with obligations you can’t just walk away from. I’m not suggesting you make a 180 degree change. But if your intuition is telling you to change anything at all, it’s time to turn the volume up.
If you’re manifesting Future You, scrap the idea of perfect and focus on all the things you want for Future You. And, remember, Future You is YOU, but elevated. So, if you’ve been an introvert your entire life, Future You isn’t suddenly going to be an extrovert. That isn’t authentically you. Future You is you, but with a different mindset, higher frequency and maybe different habits and interests. Future You isn’t some idealistic version of yourself, some Perfect You. Perfect isn’t attainable so quit setting the bar to a standard you’ll never achieve. There’s no other way to be than unapologetically, authentically YOU.
If you’re manifesting a new adventure, you get to forge your own path your own way, a path that feels good to you. The steps someone else took to achieve something similar are irrelevant. After all, if the steps don’t feel good to you, if they don’t feel in alignment with who you are and what you want, you’ll never complete the journey, or if you do, you’ll be kicking and screaming the entire time. Life is about living and doing it your own way and on your own terms. The goal is to live in alignment and be happy!
If you’re manifesting financial abundance, there’s a million ways to achieve it. If you’re thinking owning your own business is the best path to financial freedom but you’re never considered yourself an entrepreneur, then you need to rewrite that story. A. That simply isn’t accurate. And B. If being a CEO doesn’t feel aligned with your true self and desires, then even if you became a boss, you wouldn’t be extremely successful. Your soul isn’t in it. You’re not meant to have this title. It’s simply not you. Make your passion your purpose and go all in on it. You’ll be successful exactly where you need to be. And, then, the money will flow easily to you.
Whatever future you’re manifesting for yourself, be authentic to you. Turn down the volume of the other voices around you and maybe take this journey on your own. If your intuition is telling you this is your next guided step, see it through.
So, how do you start embodying Future You? Shift your mindset. Talk the talk and walk the walk of Future You.
Daily affirmations help to embody Future You. For me, I say my affirmations every time I happen to look up and the clock reads __:31, which (crazy enough) happens all day long. 31 is my manifesting number and it’s incredible how many times a day I look at the clock and it’s __:31. Whatever I’m manifesting at the time I say in the form of affirmations. “I’m pregnant with a healthy baby.” “My business is extremely successful.” “We live in financial freedom and abundance.” “Money comes easy to us.” You say your affirmations as if you already have your desires or they’re already happening. That’s shifting into a higher vibe that will make your desires manifest into reality.
At this point on your manifesting journey with me, you’ve dreamed BIG, eliminated your limiting beliefs, and now you’re embodying the higher vibe that is the Future You you desire. I don’t know about you, but this is definitely the makings of a formula for a dream life…
Now, off you go. Embody Future You!