Writing your future into existence .....

Today, I was listening to ‘You are Bad Ass’ - by Jen Sincero for probably the 10th time. I’m not even kidding I’ve read/listened to that book at least 10 times.

I remember when I first listened to it… I can picture myself vividly. I was 23, sitting in a cubical at Wagner Equipment, literally HATING my job because I was so bored and had zero opportunity for growth, poor as shit…… also working a serving job a Texas Roadhouse (still one of my favorite jobs to this day), and dreaming of becoming Miss Colorado USA one day. I remember I was so delusional about what winning Miss Colorado USA could do for my life. I thought that someday I would be Miss Colorado USA and it would ‘make my life’. Thankfully, I learned so much more before I ever won.

Anyway, back to my story about the book… this book has some of the best nuggets of information I have ever used, and continue to use.

Affirmations are my shit, and back then I started writing them every day, and to this day,  4 years later, I still do. I sometimes forget how often I use affirmations, or where I even learned about them from until I reread or re-listen to this book. I think it is so neat to reflect and realize that that’s where I got that tip from. This book was my first step into the self-help world….. which was the first step to changing my life.

I don’t think I would’ve ever believed I was made for more than an average life if I hadn’t started discovering self-help. I remember 23 year old me listening to everyone much older than me in my office not be happy in their jobs while I was listening to this book, and something just clicked. I remember thinking, “Shit, that’s going to be me if I don’t figure this out.”

Looking back I think about the thoughts I had at 23 and to be honest, I’m a completely different person now…. well except for my sarcasm and weirdness, but some things just never change (ha).

Now, after learning all those self-help tidbits, I’ve discovered I will believe anything I write down enough times, and then I’ll figure out how to do it because my heart and brain already believe it’s happening….. So I might as well show the whole world what I already believe. I realize how absurd this sounds, but stay with me here….. it’s worth it. I write my affirmations down every morning, and I write things like they’ve already happened. One in particular I wanted to share is that I started writing ‘I am Miss Colorado USA’ back when I was 23…. I won when I was 25, AND one of those years I didn’t even compete, but let me tell you I still kept writing in my journal like I already was Miss Colorado USA. Also, just to note something, by the time I won, I was mature enough to realize winning a crown and title wasn’t going to ‘make my life’… the only person that was going to make my life was going to be me.

If you’re curious about what I’ve been writing lately, well there’s a lot…..but a few examples of what I write everyday is, ‘I am strong. I am fit. I am enough. I am a successful lifestyle entrepreneur.’ I hope I continue to work towards making my affirmations truer everyday, and I know my first step is to just write it down. If you want to start writing your own affirmations, or would like more information deeper than this blog post, DM me and we can chat! I would love to give more insight on my mindset for this!

XO,

Madison