Get What You Want.. All of the Time

Think of something you want. I'm talking a big-scale want. Maybe it’s something you've wanted for years, or something you've recently realized you want.. really bad.. and you want it now! Do you have it in your head? I think I can help you get it. 

I have perfected the process of getting what I want all of the time (I get both taunted and admired for this power). I know how that must sound: a little annoying, a little impossible, and a little more annoying. Hear me out, it is a very straight forward process, but it takes a ton of hard work, optimism, focus, and determination. 

The very first thing I do when I’ve decided I want something is talk about it out loud like crazy. I 'put it out in the universe' because I believe in the law of attraction, "which uses the power of the mind to translate whatever is in our thoughts and materialize them into reality." It also involves thinking optimistically, positively, and as if the thing you want so badly is already yours. So, say what you want out loud, speak about it passionately, and think about it positively. Tell your friends, tell a stranger; let people know it is on your horizon so you attract it. 

On that note, I like to talk about it out loud so that others hold me accountable. If what you want is only known to you, it is likely you'll give yourself permission to make excuses and delay the process. However, if other's know, they'll check-in on your progress, and it always sucks to say you haven't made any advancements.  

Be fearless! Historically, I've been an unnecessarily fearful person. When I was four I was scared to go outside because there were too many leaves blowing in the wind. However, if there is something I want, I am so damn fearless. I believe this is how you determine if you genuinely want something. You will stop at nothing to get it, even if any and every step along the way terrifies you. 

Be patient, but not complacent. “Good things take time,” says your great aunt Margaret. There are instances when timing is out of our control and we have to play the waiting game, or times that we have to be strategic and wait for the perfect time to pounce; this is fine. But make sure you aren't being complacent and waiting on things to come to you without doing any of the work. If you have to play the waiting game, ask yourself: is there anything I can be doing in the mean time to get me one step closer to what I want? 

Sacrifices usually need to be made for the things you really want. Whether it be sacrificing your time, money, bad relationships, etc. If you really want it, you'll be willing to make the sacrifice. Same thing goes for tough decisions. Think: is there something standing in the way of what you want?

Make the decision to get rid of any roadblocks. 

Inevitably there are things that don’t go my way. So, here's the ultimate step in my process that allows me to say that I always get what I want:

If I do all of the above, and I still don't get what I "want", then I accept that it wasn't meant for me and not what I needed, therefore, I probably shouldn’t have wanted it in the first place. I start to make peace with it.

Recently I experienced not getting what I wanted even though I was patient, fearless, made sacrifices, and hard decisions. In this case, not getting it was in my very best interest. I was fortunate, because the reasons why it wasn't meant for me flashed in front of me like a tacky neon sign. But sometimes, the reasons why aren't so clear and they might not make any sense. It can be a hard pill to swallow, but, “everything happens for a reason,” says your aunt great aunt Lori, and you have to trust that is true after you’ve done all you could. 

Were you thinking about the thing you want the entire time you were reading this? Does it sound like every step above is completely possible in the pursuit of it? Then I say go for it, and you will get it. If you don't, trust that there is a reason why. 

Lynn M. 

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