For those of you following along, I set forth about a week ago to determine if I could manifest my airline ticket and hotel room for David Neagle’s ERS in Vegas – which starts Monday 28 July.

Promising you authenticity at the beginning of the experiment, I’ve logged in every day to touch base about the feelings that go along with trying to break through feelings of lack, and to some extent, unworthiness.

Here’s what I’ve learned:

* I’m capable and very worthy. Comparing my income from June to July – it’s doubled. This is income that wasn’t on the books, and wasn’t owed to me from an outside source. Was it enough to cover the extra expenditure? No. But it was a sure sign that I am more than capable of doubling my income (or tripling it) each month hereafter. I had to get out of my own way and actually implement the ideas in order to make it happen. If I could turn my new ideas into money by simply applying the marketing and networking skills I have, so can you. The hard part was believing that I was deserving.

* Deserving is more than lip service. While I write my morning pages most days and I walk and repeat my affirmations at least twice a day, I wasn’t taking action on my affirmations. I was shrugging my shoulders and waiting for a sign.

* The sign is in your soul. Or your mind. I had tons of ideas. I was waiting for a “sign” that one of them was the one to start. The Universe was letting me use the most wonderful machine of all – my brain – to make the call. In essence, each of my ideas was worthy and valuable, but none of them are worth a thing if I don’t act.

* Receiving is an inside job. Until I was ready to face my own pride in the mirror and let it go, I wasn’t going to go anywhere. The money was trickling in. Since I went forth in a big way and said, “I need help” the money’s been flowing in large and small ways. Yesterday I found a $10 bill rolled up in a travel bag that I hadn’t gone through in 5 years. I was looking for a lipstick and found $10.00. I was so very grateful for my “sign” that money is everywhere. I don’t think it was a coincidence that it happened within hours of giving up my Lone Ranger bravado.

* The best time and the best place is exactly where you are. No matter what I tried to remind myself that my dogs were healthy, I had a loving relationship with an amazing partner and I had a roof over my head. I had friend once who said, “That sounds like a rich person’s problem” when I was whining about the heat at an outdoor movie showing, and that I should just go home to the air conditioning. It’s stuck with me. No matter how “poor” I feel, I do have “rich people’s problems.”

* Saying thanks works. I thought I was good at saying thank you, but it’s so much deeper than just the words. I now make it a part of every morning and every evening to write down exactly what wonders I have in my life. They are things (air conditioning) they are people (my parents, my partner, people on the street, new friends) they are nature (birds, trees and fresh air). And I give thanks.

* Giving back is paramount. It’s all well and good to give back when I’m flush. I always do that. So why do I stop giving back when I feel tight on cash? It really does stop the flow of money. Now when I get an unexpected windfall — even $10.00 I write a little check and mail it to one of my favorite charities, or I leave an unexpected tip for a waitress at my coffee shop.

*It’s okay to go against the grain and innovate if it feels right. I’m also giving back with my work. I have been reminded again and again to never undervalue my service. Heck, I tell my own clients that too. But I have to tell you, something feels so right as I come out of the tunnel about offering other people the opportunity to get closer to their purpose that I am offering the Pay What You Can Rate on short hand analysis readings. Yes, as a coach and hand analyst I’ve found that most people get as much out of it as they put in — so if they are stretching what they can pay to have a reading they will get as much out of it as someone for whom my regular rate of $170 is a drop in a bucket — possibly more. The gift of your hands is so life-changing that I’m willing to bet if you pay as much as you can to have a reading, you will walk away with a totally renewed sense of your value so I’m doing it.

Am I going to Vegas? Probably not. But I hope you’ll agree, that I’ve learned more in this week than most of us do in a year. I really am in charge of my income. Money is everywhere and I’m accepting it as it comes to me in its many, many forms.

Thank you for letting me share the journey with you. I’d love to hear your journey to your own value. And of course, I’d love to help you identify your purpose and possible obstacles with a pay what you can hand analysis session. You can see yesterday’s post for the details, just send me an email letting me know how much to invoice you for and I’ll get you going right away!