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One Year To Turn Your Life Around!
Submitted by: Beth H.
Chicago, ILI am an entrepreneur with a corporate job. I am high on life and wanting to live up to and beyond my potential.
My secret story.
For more than five years, The Secret has been in the back of my mind, but I really began to use it to influence and guide my life a little over a year ago. I had moved to a new city to escape painful memories of a life and relationship gone sour and unfulfilled. I wanted to give myself a new start, so I packed up and set out on a new journey.
Due to this decision, a series of events took place that left me jobless, living on credit cards, without health insurance, and in a town where I was all alone. I felt like many times I had hit rock bottom and made a stupid mistake. I felt like I was moving from failure to failure in my career and in my relationships. I had an advanced degree, was in great shape, and took care of myself, but I felt like I was going nowhere. I was just scared and looking for someone or something to rescue me.
With the help of The Secret, I am proud to say I rescued myself. One day, I remembered The Secret and dug out my copy. I started reading the book again, watching the movie online every night, and praying and asking God and the Universe to change my life. It did not happen overnight, but I am here to tell you that a year later, my life is totally different, and that is because of The Secret and the law of attraction.
I wrote down in my journal every day, one thing at a time. I stopped complaining and writing about all the bad things happening in my life. Instead, I wrote what I was thankful for and what I wanted to attract into my life, and I got specific about it. First was my job! I prayed for a break into the corporate world and spent hours upon hours searching ads, surfing online, applying to an agency for help, and going to countless dead-end job interviews. In the meantime, I also kept a social life going. I met everyone that I could and went out as often as I could.
Finally, after writing down what I wanted every day and doing two months’ worth of interviews, I did not land a job through all the time I wasted filling out applications. However, because of a friend I had gotten to know, I got hired at a great company with a great starting salary, amazing benefits, and a bonus structure. Also, my socializing paid off for my small side business, and it began to grow, too.
My standard of living changed drastically, and immediately, I came within two weeks of being evicted from my apartment. I could not find a roommate to split the rent, no matter how hard I looked. But it ended up that I did not even need one. I am not independently wealthy by any means; but not only can I now afford to live without a roommate, I can afford to pay off debt and save for retirement.
When I first moved into my condo, I had a bed and an old dresser, and now it is a tranquil retreat. It is filled with furniture I saw in my mind’s eye and I had attracted each piece to me.
To keep it going, I didn’t wait for a social life to find me; I found it. I went out alone to meet new people. If I didn’t get an invite to a party, I found out how to invite myself. Soon, people became dependent on me to help them with their social life. So, I changed my job, my home, and my support group, and now I decided I was going to attract an amazing relationship and travel into my life. So, I started writing down what I wanted.
I got out my journal and placed an order with the catalog of the Universe. After it was all said and done, I said thank you to the Universe for taking care of this for me. I can’t wait to meet him. I kept busy in the meantime taking care of myself.
Two months later, he came along. He was exactly what I put down on my list and we adore each other. So now I am having my cake and eating it too, but wait, there is more!
Interestingly enough I had written down that I was going to take at least two major vacations this year. I had no idea how I was going to pay for it. I worked the numbers over and over on paper and in my head and started a little travel fund, but there was no way I was going to be able to afford it with all the other places my money was going. When I just placed the order and let it ride, I got even more than I could have wished for. My amazing man owns a travel company! I have already traveled with him several times, and our next big trip is a 10 day getaway to an island paradise!
All that happened in a year, and if I can do it, anyone can turn their life around. We all deserve it. Check back with me in another year, and let’s see how much farther I have come. I have written down that I want to have a million dollar idea. Thank you, universe!