I have some news for you: The way you’re currently thinking about your dreams might be blocking the life you desire.

First of all, don’t freak out. I know there are those of you who will read this and all you’ll hear is that your thoughts are blocking your desires and you’ll flip. Not to worry, it’s a simple fix, I promise. Keep reading!

For the past couple weeks I’ve been participating in Mike Dooley’s Infinite Possibilities Project. (If you don’t know who Mike Dooley is or you aren’t already signed up for his Notes from the Universe, you should sign up. Right now. 🙂 ) The Infinite Possibilities Project is all about creating a life you love in 30 days. One of the exercises in the challenge is to picture what it is you desire and how you plan to celebrate it when it arrives.

I. Freaking. Love. This.

Here’s why: It completely flips the way we usually think about our desires on its head and allows us to dwell in the feelings of receiving. Think about it. Most of us walk around thinking about our desires in terms of what we don’t have yet and why we can’t have it. Let me give you an example: Let’s say you want to be a published author but you know that writing a book takes effort, and even once you complete your book you still have to find a publisher and hope that people actually want to read it etc, etc. You spend most of your time thinking about how getting from point A to point B seems so far off and you walk around with an internal dialogue that says, “I’ll never be a published author.” Then, because our thoughts inform our energy and our actions — guess what? The book never gets written.

Most of us invest far too much energy in our fears, worries and doubts. All of that negativity is actually blocking the things we want from coming in. What if, instead, we allowed ourselves to be free to just dream? To feel and experience what is possible? To celebrate it, even.

In order to get what you desire in life (assuming you don’t already have it) you probably have to do something you haven’t done before — something that involves creative solutions, or a new way of thinking or actions that you haven’t taken in the past. The problem is that the moment we start to think outside the box our logical minds (and our egos) want to come in with the ‘how’s’ and ‘what ifs’ and all of the reasons why we can’t or won’t or shouldn’t want to be, have or accomplish what we want. It’s the logical mind’s job to play devil’s advocate. That’s how we keep ourselves safe. This type of ‘play it safe’ thinking, however, is not conducive for calling in our desires. Whenever I’m trying to dream big I can sense the moment my logical mind steps in because it stops my flow of inspiration dead in its tracks. Suddenly I feel tight, closed off, constricted.

I tried the following exercise from the 30 Days Project this morning and let me tell you, it felt soooooo good.

I spent two minutes (maybe three, max) thinking about a couple things that I desire and how I plan to celebrate once they come into fruition. At the end of the few moments’ time I felt free, open, expansive and excited.

This is the feeling you want to dwell in to create the life you desire.

I want you to give it a try. Take a few moments (yes, right now!)  and think about something you really want to bring into your life. Maybe you want to find your dream career, or perhaps you’re trying to draw in a relationship. Whatever it is, push your logical mind to the side for just a few moments and immerse yourself in the feeling of what it will be like to have your dream realized.

How did it feel? Pretty amazing, huh?

Can you feel the difference between this energy and the ‘state of lack’ energy described above?

Now here’s the really cool part. Negative thoughts are bound to come up whenever you’re going for a big dream, that’s just part of the game. However, by spending time (even just a few minutes a day) celebrating your dreams as if they’ve already come true, you’re tipping the scale in the other direction and and putting yourself back into the energy of receiving what you desire.

Give this a try and let me know what you think!

xoxo

Kristi