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Manifest Your Happy! How To Create Your Best Life & Have Fun Doing It

by: Jenn

Manifest Your Happy! How To Create Your Best Life & Have Fun Doing It

Question: have you ever experienced manifesting burnout?

It’s a real thing, I swear! And you’re definitely not alone if you have.

While it’s normal to get excited about the power of the Law of Attraction at first, it’s also common to lose enthusiasm at some point.



Sometimes you stop because you don’t know what you want to manifest.

Sometimes you simply get overwhelmed by all the possibilities (so you end up doing nothing).

And sometimes, you stop because all that thinking about your future leaves you more exhausted than energized! (And ugh…who wants that?)


To be true, clarity is a crucial part of manifesting. Because if you don’t know what you want how are you going to create it?


But all that thinking and planning about the future can leave you feeling defeated before you’ve even begun!



Sometimes you need to remind yourself that even the best of intentions also have a dark side. As soon as you say you want something, it becomes very apparent that you don’t already have it!

In other words, our manifesting goals also put our focus on our lack. And remember–whatever you focus on expands! So too much thinking about how far away your goal is only makes your goal retreat farther into the distance.

So what to do?

That’s why today I was inspired to tackle that feeling of exhaustion and pressure that can happen with manifesting. I want you guys to feel excited about consciously creating your future, not overwhelmed by it! So in this post, I’m sharing some of my best tips on how to set goals, with love and a sense of fun.


5 Ways To Manifest Your Happy! How To Create Your Best Life & Have Fun Doing It


Manifest Your Happy Step #1:

Stop Competing



One of the most common reasons people get hyper-focused on their future is because they feel like they have to catch up to someone else. Maybe your best friend just got married or your ex just bought a house. Comparing yourself to the people around you can make you feel unhappy with where you’re at almost instantly. Then we try to compensate by focusing on our future and catching up.

Of course, setting goals because of other people means those goals aren’t authentic to you. So while it’s a tough habit to break but it’s time to stop comparing yourself to everyone else, including your friends, family, social media favorites and celebrities. Comparison really is the thief of joy! There’s no faster way to feel unhappy with your life than by comparing it to what’s around you.

Keep in mind that our perception of others is never as peachy keen as the reality! Sometimes those designer handbags are the result of a spending addiction. Sometimes the happiest looking relationships on Instagram are anything but! Plus, I guarantee there’s someone looking at you right now thinking you have everything figured out.

Remember perfection isn’t a real thing anyway and we’re all living life in our own timeline. So stop worrying about “catching up” and let yourself get back to enjoying life!


Manifest Your Happy Step #2:

Remember Your Real Purpose



Your job, my dear human, is to enjoy this life while you’re here! But this apparently radical concept flies directly in the face of what we’ve been taught. Instead, we’ve been brainwashed into thinking we need to work hard so we can earn more money so we can buy things that will make us happy.

But guess what: you can be happy anyway, right now, without all the work and bells and whistles! In fact, the quicker you opt out of that harmful line of thinking that you need X/Y/Z first, the happier you’ll be.

It’s never the goals that you’re really after. It’s always the feeling. You think that the car/boyfriend/job will make you feel more successful and confident. But those things are really just an excuse! So why not grant yourself that permission right now?

The things we pursue are nice-to-have but they don’t define us! So don’t punish yourself because you’re not there yet. Practice feeling the way you want to and you’ll be able to loosen your grip on your desires. Plus a funny thing happens here: as soon as you can surrender, that’s exactly when your goals will start showing up!


Manifest Your Happy Step #3:

Go Smaller



If you’re getting burnt out over your amazing-yet-daunting manifesting goals, perhaps it’s time go a little smaller.

Sure, everyone gets excited about manifesting things like Louboutins or beach-front homes. But you don’t have to save your manifesting powers for those special things only! It’s actually wonderful practice for you to start setting mini-intentions throughout your day, about things that are oh-so-very ordinary.

Maybe these smaller goals are not initially as exciting as your big sexy goals. But they’ll help you practice staying into the energy of fun and joy through the manifesting process!

So give it a shot: set an intention for your morning, your commute, your workout. Just take a moment to consider how you want things to go and watch what happens! Since we’re not all up in our head about these kinds of things, it’s a lot easier for us to manifest them. Plus once you see how easy it to start shifting your reality, you’ll gain more confidence in your skills and start creating success more often!


Manifest Your Happy Step #4:

Have Fun



At the end of the day, manifesting is just a tool for you to create your best life! Again, the purpose of life is to be happy. If you’re torturing yourself for not being “done” or not having figured every last thing out, you’re missing the point.

It’s hard to manifest your way into something that makes you really happy when your energy isn’t happy. You’re forever reaping the rewards of your own energetic output. So where is your energy going? If you’re feeling pressured, anxious or stressed because of your manifestation goals, you’ve already lost the game! Focus on feeling good always and you’ll always be in a magnetic state.

Manifest Your Happy! How To Create Your Best Life & Have Fun Doing It


Manifest Your Happy Step #5:

Take A Break



Sometimes we all just need a break! If you have too much of what I call Destination Addiction (a focus on the end goal more than on the present moment), then I’m going to prescribe you a radical treatment:

Stop manifesting.

Yup, you read that right! But it truly is necessary from time to time. If manifesting just makes you focus your attentions somewhere far off in the future more than in the present moment, then you need a swift intervention. Stop worrying about where you’re going for a week or a month and challenge yourself to be more present in the moment.

Sure, your life might not be picture perfect. There might be things you’re currently perceiving as mistakes or obstacles. You might even be just a little uncomfortable with where you are right now! But that’s all okay.

Taking a break will just allow you to sink back into appreciating who you are and where you are instead of rallying against it. Plus once you can manage to be grateful again for your life the way it is, you’ll be that much more powerful when you come back to your manifesting!




So tell me: how are you going to start manifesting your happy? What do you need to shift to stop feeling overwhelmed and start becoming magnetic again?


If there’s only one take-away you have today, make it this: remember to keep your manifesting fun! You create your world with the energy you put out there. So the more fun you have in the process, the better your results will be!

Good luck my darling! Thank you so much for reading & let me know how it goes in the comments below!




PS Looking for more? You might also want to check out this post about how to stop manifesting the opposite of what you want or this one about why negative emotions aren’t the enemy.




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And now for a quick message from your Higher Self: And now for a quick message from your Higher Self:Love yourself enough to LET IT GOBreathe deep & have a happy Sunday my beautiful babes!
You are magic itself.And your desires have meani You are magic itself.And your desires have meaning for the WORLD.So if you really KNEW that you were here to feel happy and do the things that bring you joy, what would you be doing differently?If you’re like me, it’s too easy to forget our true divine nature.It’s too easy to believe our worries and limitations more than we trust ourselves and this beautiful journey.But if you could trust your magic for just a moment, what would change?If you knew your dreams where a matter of WHEN not if, how would this moment be different?All the magic you ever needed is IN you already. All you need to do right now is TUNE into it!
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with love + miracles ✨
~ Jenn
Identity shifting is KEY to manifesting.Because Identity shifting is KEY to manifesting.Because you ALWAYS manifest from your subconscious mind.Meaning you WILL play out old programs and ideas over and over again.Until YOU decide enough's enough! And do the work to REPROGRAM your mind to reflect what it you want and who you need to be.But sometimes, this work doesn't FEEL like it's doing anything.Those little tiny shifts on the inside are close to invisible--which might even make you doubt that it's happening at all.But trust me gorgeous, it IS.Keep taking tiny steps forward.Keep doubling down on who you WANT to be.TRUST the process and understandThat little by little, bit by bitIt all adds upUntil one day you look around and realize: I'm already there.
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with love + miracles ✨
~ Jenn
What would it be like to TRULY be enough for yours What would it be like to TRULY be enough for yourself?💜To not CRAVE that outside approval or validation?To forget about other people's opinions or what they say behind your back?To not motivate yourself to move TOWARDS something only because you cannot stand where you are?This just goes to show that as much as we all LOATHE to admit it, so much of what we do is based off of artificially leveraging ourselves UP.If so-and-so would only say "good job"If that person would LOVE meIf I finally did [ insert arbitrary goal here ]THEN I could finally feel good and actually TRULY love myself.Sometimes we all get our wires crossed on this at times. (Myself included!)We focus on the future fantasy that our issues will MAGICALLY disappear once X/Y/Z happens.And we chase the things outside of us, forgetting that the ONLY place our true happiness lies is within ourselves.I'm here to warn you:You could run the whole race of life and NOT get what you think you need from other people.You could meet milestone after milestone and still NEVER feel like you measure up. 😩ORYou could start being enough, right here, right now.Enough = you as you are, flaws, mistakes and all.Enough = you without anyone else.Enough = you.💗Happy Thursday Conscious Creator friends!
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with love + miracles ✨
~ Jenn
It's a FACT of life: you're simply NOT going to fe It's a FACT of life: you're simply NOT going to feel good all the time.And that's okay!Not gonna lie: the last month or so has been rough for me.The darkness of winter + strict lockdowns/limited holiday celebrations were TOUGH.I've definitely had my moments of letting it all get to me.But that doesn't mean anything has gone wrong.It doesn't mean that I'm somehow failing.And it definitely does NOT mean I'm putting more space between me and my manifestation goals.Even with the BEST of intentions, life is 50/50. Expecting perfection at any time will ONLY set you up for disappointment.Feeling frustrated, down, exhausted: those are all normal feelings for anyone experiencing a pandemic (plus general winter blues/ political chaos etc.)So while I don't want to create MORE of those feelings, I'm also not going to judge myself for having them.Making your feelings WRONG does not speed you up back into feeling better. It only creates self-loathing and resistance.Are you feeling the same? Here are a few things that are helping me right now:- Just letting myself cry if I feel like it (Sometimes 10 minutes of a good cry is a sufficient release!)
- Concentrating on pandemic-lockdown friendly goals that I CAN achieve (Doing pilates every day, meditation + Manifestation Journaling)
- Taking a break from drinking (I only drank about once a week anyway! But why not try going without it for a month?)
- Doing more behind-the-scenes entrepreneur stuff (The kinds of things that are so easy to put off for "someday")
- Using my SAD lamp every morning! (I only just got it but I swear it's helping)
- NOT judging myself too harshly if I suddenly don't feel up to doing the work I had planned or posting as much I "should" (Being an entrepreneur brings an EXTRA level of potential self-judgment that's hard to get out of at times.)This is all just a great example of one of the most important lessons of LIFE.You don't get to choose all your circumstances. But you DO get to choose what you do WITH them.What are you choosing to create right now? Whether you're in lockdown or not, I'd love to hear it!

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