Manifest Something Great for Yourself

I have a friend named Risa. In my mind, she is the epitome of a successful vision boarder or goal setter or manifester (whatever you want to call it). Instead of a Bucket List, she has a “Live It List.” And not only is she putting amazing things on this list – she is living them! She is THRIVING at life!!

While she lived in my neighborhood, Risa decided to use the lock screen on her phone as her “Mobile Vision Board” or “Walking Vision Board.” Beethoven’s portrait was one of the first photos she set as her lock screen. She had always wanted to go to the symphony when she grew up after going to a “Kids Day at the Symphony” with her family when she was little.

She learned about the cultural passes at the main library. She was informed they often put out tickets to the symphony or ballet and to check back on a specific day and time. Risa drove half an hour twice to the main library in hopes the tickets would be there. In the meantime, she kept telling herself she would get them and there were tickets waiting for her, all while looking at her “Mobile Vision Board”. It took work but sure enough, the second time she drove there, they had just put the tickets out!

She had successfully manifested her dream date with her husband! FREE OPENING WEEKEND TICKETS to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.

In Risa’s words, “Even crazier, I had ‘put it out there’ (manifested) that I didn’t want to sit in the nosebleed seats. So, when calling to redeem these passes for tickets, the lady asked which night we wanted. I asked which one had the best seats available.”

“Saturday night?” Risa was told.

“I’ll take them!”

“Okay, ma’am, you will be Main Floor – Dead Center – Row 6!!!!”

The rest of her dream date came true as well: riding in a limo all night, her hair and makeup done, and a fancy new dress.

Risa later clued me into another dream of hers that had been meandering the recesses of her brain for over a decade. She wanted to ride the Zamboni at a Phoenix Coyote’s game. She set a picture of a Zamboni as her screen saver and that came to fruition in two months!

Her Instagram is full of story after story of these Live It List experiences!

Risa is a mom of four. She and her family started traveling around the country with her husband’s job, moving every 3 months. She was homeschooling her children AND living her best life. Interspersed between regular “mom” days, I would see that she was at Times Square for New Year’s Eve. Next was the Mount Everest Base camp in Nepal and then, a few weeks later, The Grand Ball at The Palace of Versailles in France.

Now, I know what you may be thinking – oh, she must be rich to afford all of these things! Well, she is rich – on life! How did she achieve all of these amazing things without a multi-million dollar budget? Sacrificing small pleasures for a grander objective, which I will go over later in this article, and manifesting it on her Live It List!

What is manifesting you ask? This definition Risa recently shared with me and I found on Stylecaster for your reference.

Manifesting is the act of bringing a tangible desire or goal into reality, often by putting intentional energy into bringing these goals to life. With enough practice, you can manifest anything: money, a dream job, and even a person. Manifesting works by putting your intentional energy into the goals you want. By believing that you can have the life you dream of, you will get what you desire, simply by attracting it to you¹.