I’m writing to you today from my car as my husband drives us to our next stop on our two month adventure across the U.S.

We’re in a beautiful canyon right now colored with shades of yellow and black with one of the biggest rivers I’ve seen traveling next to us.

I could see Mount Hood in the distance before we dropped down into this ravine. Our beautiful hotel room is booked for the next three nights in Eugene, my schedule is full with great clients and I get to spend the next two weeks focusing on taking my wealth consciousness to the next level with my mentor who has her own 7-figure coaching business.

I feel like all the ares that I love, many of which I denied myself in the past, are coming together, blending together, supporting me in living as my most authentic self.

• The adventure of being on the road, meeting new people, making friendships, exploring.
• The joy of staying in beautiful locations, the surroundings, the views. Knowing every day I’m going to see something or somewhere that I’ve never seen before. My eyes are wide open, curious, playful, in joy.
• I’m bringing luxury into my life for one of the first times ever. Having grown up in a very frugal environment, I made it my mission this year to embrace my true desires. And these desires include owning beautiful pieces of clothing and accessories, hotels and restaurants with great customer service and attention to detail, and time for self-care, whether that be a jog along a lake or a facial at the hotel spa.

These weren’t options I gave myself in the past. I would dream about them but I believed that they were for someone else.

Here’s some of the thoughts that use to pass through my mind. Do you find yourself thinking these too?

It’d be nice if I got to travel more but….
It’d be nice if I could afford….
I wish I could….

Somewhere along the way we begin to think of ourselves as separate, as different. I know this is a common belief because I’ve had it for myself and I’ve had many of my clients bring it up to me as well.

So just to clear this up once and for all. You aren’t special. And I mean that in the most positive way. There is nothing wrong with you.

Too often I hear the most amazing women with brilliant business ideas and loads of expertise bring up why it won’t work for them. Yes, they know of others who have had success but what if it’s just not in the cards for them?

This is basically saying, “I’m a special case, something is wrong with me that makes me different than everyone else.” That’s just not true.

You weren’t dropped here out of the sky onto a planet of fully capable individuals as the only one who doesn’t get to live their dreams and desires. There’s nothing special about you that gives you less of a chance of living the lifestyle, creating the business, having more than enough financially.

Nope, quite the contrary. You are powerful and brilliant.

The absolutely only thing that can keep you from creating what you desire in your life is your thoughts and refusing to take action.

If you align your thoughts with your desires and act as if, you can literally do anything.

Please read that last sentence again. It can literally change your life.

For example, I had the belief that if I didn’t work hard then my business would start to flat line. However, with the way I’ve been traveling for the last month there’s no way I can keep the hours that I use to. And honestly, I don’t want to. On top of this, I’m unavailable for a decrease in income. Quite the contrary, I expect and have been seeing the opposite.

So how have I started working less and still growing my business?

By using the following steps which you can use in your life to move toward your goals as well:

1. Get very clear on what it is you desire. This is always the first step. Don’t edit yourself. Let yourself dream. We each have completely unique desires, there’s no right or wrong and you can choose as many as you like.
2. Pull out your acting skills and get into the mindset of the person who lives this way. How do they start their day? How do they treat others and themselves? For example, if I want a flourishing business without overworking myself then I have to tap into the version of myself who would live that way. What would she think? How would she act? For me it comes down to getting super efficient in the tasks I do and delegating more.
3. Act as if. Now that you know how you’d be thinking in your ideal life, start acting it out. Check in with the decisions you make and actions and decide “Is this bringing me closer or further away from my desires?” This is another great chance to pull out those acting skills. How would you dress? How would you spend your day? Start adding those into your life.
4. To make this extra potent and powerful, surround yourself with others who are already doing it. Who are already living the lifestyle or have the business that you desire. I work with a high-level mentor who has the lifestyle that I desire because she’s already traveled this path and knows the steps to take.

I know what it’s like to feel like there’s something more to life that you’re missing out on. That things are pretty good and you’re really grateful for what you have, but there’s something even grander that you’re meant for.

Don’t feel bad or ungrateful for feeling this way! It is completely natural.

Life is based on expansion, growing, moving to the next level. The only time that you should be concerned is when you stop having desires in life. Just like the plant that desires to grow taller, brighter, bigger, every living thing desires more.

So own your desires. They are uniquely yours and there’s nothing that will make this world a brighter more joyous place to live than each of us owning our truth and living authentically.

To Releasing the Struggle and Living Free!
xo Jessica

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