Prosperity Project Day 5

Today we get to deposit $5000 into our imaginary checkbook and decide how we will spend it.

So far I've flown first class to San Francisco, bought some great walking shoes that I now wear every day, and an all-weather jacket that will go from the Pacific coast to the mountains of North Carolina. I love the cool weather. Flying first class was definitely the way to go!

I bought the latest iPhone so I could get the most functionality out of the tool I carry most. I got a nice point and shoot camera so I can take pictures of things I like as I'm learning to spend money on things. I fixed up my car and cleaned up my house. I upgraded my computer equipment and software to make my computer work easier and more efficient.

Each of us, I've noticed, has spent this early money bringing our current situation up to the standard of our imagination. We each look around us and see how our present situation could be made better. We've bought better tools and fixed up our homes. We've been building the strong foundation to our new lives. We've all been led to give money away to help those that we love also achieve a strong foundation of being totally supported by the universe. We've helped friends in need and are helping to bring music to the world by supporting a brand new orchestra.

This exercise has caused me to pay close attention to how I feel about money. I'm using Byron Katie's Work to explore those feelings, but for now I'm just noticing whenever a limiting belief rears its insistent head. So far I've discovered two: First, I seem to believe that I should only have what I need, meaning it's wasteful to buy things just because I think they'd be fun to have. Second, I feel overwhelmingly guilty whenever I "shamelessly" suggest to people that I have a product to sell. This, I think, is a big reason why I've never made a lot of money. As my brother always says, "They can't say yes unless you ask." I'll have to work on that one.

Come to think of it, my guilt at asking to be paid is probably why I was able to amass $250,000 in debt. Somehow my ability to allow good things into my life grew just a bit faster than my ability to ask to be paid for my contributions. Yes, I'll definitely have to work on that one. One of my friends told me that his first stab at prosperity ended up pretty much the same way. He visualized a certain amount of money, and at the end of the alotted time he had, indeed, attracted that very number. But he attracted that amount of debt, not that amount of wealth. Hmmm. It happened to both of us in just the same way. Sounds like a principle is hidden in there somewhere. A clue, if you will.

My friend Andrea of Horizons Magazine recently sent me imaginary checks written from someone else's imaginary checkbook. There were three of them, all written out to me. One was a contribution from some big important guy for $876,537.73. The next was from a publisher, as first installment on my book: $1,673,241.67. The last one was from the Florida Lottery for my first annual installment of $16,847,642.53. I love that she made checks come from sources that are indeed within the realm of what is possible for me. I am writing a book, I can buy lottery tickets, and I have lots of projects that the big important guy might want to support.

To help me visualize this journey into prosperity, I bought a 3-ring binder where I'm going to put pictures of the stuff that I will be manifesting in my imaginary world. In the front of that binder I've put those three checks, along with the $1,000,000,000 bill I got from Kandi Mundy Phillips of Awaken Your Space. I plan to fill the notebook with pictures and other visual representations of the things that I will be buying with my money. It will be like a vision board.

Visualization is a powerful tool. In order to be effective, we need to be able to actually feel ourselves enjoying the things that we're buying. We need to bring as much emotion into the exercise as possible. We need to imagine the experience using all of our senses: Touch it, feel it, smell it, taste it, see it. Love it. Imagine the people around us being happy. Imagine relationships becoming stronger as we and our loved ones no longer have to spend all our energy struggling just to meet basic needs. Who will you bring with you on this imaginary journey? I think as we do this daily exercise we will begin to find out what it is that we really value. Are you ready?

$5000 Deposit

$ 500 God's Money goes to the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra.
$1000 Wealth Building Account (Total $2400)
$3500 To buy lumber so Keith can build me a studio on the front of the house.

How will you spend your $5000?