This Manifestation Technique Helped Me Love Myself
Everything I wrote down came true.
I suffered from terrible anxiety attacks and absolutely hated myself. I was desperate for anything that could help my mental health get better. I always heard about how journaling is the best manifestation technique out there and that everything I write down will come true shortly after. Needless to say, I did not believe it. I couldn’t even begin to comprehend how writing something down could suddenly make it a reality, that is, until I tried it.
What Is Journaling?
Journaling is the practice of writing down your emotions, how your day went, positive affirmations, and things you want to attract into your life in a book. When I first started journaling I didn’t know what to write about because I thought my life just wasn’t exciting enough. I quickly learned it doesn’t always have to be about the interesting things that happen in my life it can just be me being open and honest about how I’m feeling at that very moment.
How I Journaled
Journaling completely changed my life. Not only did help me cope with my feelings, but it also allowed my deepest desires to come true. I remember my first time journaling, I had found this old sketchbook that I decided would be my journal, and I was thinking about things to write but nothing good really came to mind. Here are some prompts I follow to help me with my writing when I feel stuck:
- What are 5 things I am grateful for today?
- What are 5 things I love about myself?
- Did I experience anything today that drastically affected the way I feel?
- What did I accomplish today?
- On a scale from 1–10, how proud am I of myself today and why?
- Write 5 positive affirmations about myself
- What is it that I want to attract in my life?
When I was writing about what it is I wanted to manifest I made sure to write it in PRESENT TENSE. This is the most important part because in order to attract something you have to act as if it’s already yours, to begin with. Also, I made sure I felt the emotions as I wrote. When I wrote about how I no longer have my anxiety attacks and how beautiful I am from the inside out, I made sure to fully embrace the feelings of relief and self-love that washed over me. Manifestations come true when your head and your heart work together in perfect union. I learned that a healthy mindset and love is the perfect recipe for making your desires come true.
My Personal Experience
Over the years, I’ve gotten really good at journaling and coming up with creative ways to express my desires. When I first started journaling, I really only wrote positive affirmations but now, I’m writing journal entries as if I’m living in the future. For example, here’s one of my journal entries from 1 year ago where I was suffering from terrible anxiety attacks, low self-esteem, and completely lost as to what my purpose was in life.
“1/4/2020
Today I woke up and felt like a whole new person, a better version of myself. The best version of myself. I am completely in love with who I am. From my curly hair to my big eyes, and my beautiful body, I love it all. I no longer look at myself in the mirror and find flaws about myself that I want to get fixed. I no longer google different procedures and plastic surgery places for my flaws because I fully embrace them. The amount of self love I have for myself allows me to attract love in every area of my life. I look back at who I was before and I am shocked by how much progress I’ve made. If I could tell my past self something it would be to not worry about changing who you are because one day you’ll attract people who love you for you. One day you’ll realize those imperfections that you saw in the mirror only contribute to who you are today and make you more confident. One day you’ll find that special person that adores all of your flaws and you’ll be glad you never got rid of them. I finally figured out my life’s purpose and it feels like I’m on the right path now. No more jumping around, stressing about what I’m made to do. I know who I am and what I am made for. Most of all, I am finally happy. Truly happy. I no longer have those awful anxiety attacks because there is nothing to be anxious about. The universe always has my back.”
Did everything I write down come true? Yes, in its own way. Notice how I didn’t mention how I would gain that self-love? The universe took matters into its own hands. I very suddenly got Invisalign to fix one of my biggest insecurities, my overbite. I suddenly mustered up the motivation to start doing yoga and working out which made me feel better physically and mentally. I even began to go down this deep spiritual transformation which completely changed my outlook on life by allowing me to always see the bright side of situations, a thing that I could never do before. However, all of this did not happen overnight. It took time and patience to change the way I viewed myself, but it was well worth the wait. You only attract true love if you believe you deserve it. I also did figure out my life’s purpose which is writing to help and heal others, much like what I’m doing right now.
A year after all of that chaos and transformation, here I am journaling daily and seeing all of my manifestations unfold right before my eyes. I’ve manifested specific amounts of money, my soul tribe, and health and protection for myself and my family. I can manifest literally anything and everything I want. Manifestation is a skill and the more I practice the easier it gets. Practicing meditation alongside journaling made the process even more worthwhile because meditation taught me patience and putting my trust in the universe.
I still struggle with anxiety today, but it doesn’t affect my everyday life the way it did before. I have a much healthier mindset now and I don’t completely hate myself the way I did before. I know I still have a long way to go, but I have come so far in my self-love mission and I’m sure it will only get better from here on out. Journaling pulled me out of a dark place and completely transformed my life. I am grateful to have embarked on this journey.