I am really starting to believe this whole law of attraction theory. Remember when I cited an example of how you can have a really bad day, where something bad happens first thing in the morning and then the rest of your day goes quickly from bad to worse? Well today I’m having the complete opposite kind of day; everything right is happening, and I’m happier than a pig in … well you know ;-)
The law of attraction tells us that like attracts like, so if you think positively, good things will happen, and if you think negatively, bad things will happen. We actually discussed this at Phat Camp over the weekend during one of Jen’s talks. Jen is also a firm believer of this theory and attributes her own personal happiness to it. Hmmm, yet another successful person to affirm their belief in this … interesting. A discussion broke out and it seems many women in the class have gone through the same transformation; when they were at a very low point in their lives they simply made a conscious decision to change their attitude and think more positively, and voila, their lives turned around and bad became good.
One girl referenced a book that she likened to “The Secret” – it’s called “Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting”, by Lynn Grabhorn. This book however, is not only about the law of attraction, but it’s about the power of positive feelings. It’s a step by step guide on how to focus inward, cut down on negative feelings and start believing in what you can accomplish in life by feeling positive. I know it sounds a little hokey, but what have I got to lose ?? And to answer the obvious question, ya, I went out and bought it yesterday. I only managed to get through one chapter as I lay in bed last night, but I can already tell I’m going to like it.
Since the weekend, in some small way I’ve proven to myself that the concept does actually have some merit. I started the weekend feeling really down again; I hadn’t accomplished much in my new career pursuit, and once again sleepless nights filled with stress and worry started to overcome me. What’s really scary though, is that I’d wake up each morning feeling depressed and despondent about my life and my future, yet I’d do NOTHING about it. Instead of taking steps to turn things around and taking action, I’d wallow in my grief and delve further and further into feelings of hopelessness and desperation.
Who would have thought Phat Camp could impact my life in ways other than health and fitness? I was surrounded by so many women who were looking to turn their lives around in one way or another, and more importantly others who HAVE transformed their lives. It seems the common denominator among all of them was that they achieved their success by changing their thinking and their attitude.
As the weekend progressed I started to feel more and more positive, and as that happened it was like a snowball effect. I talked to several people; Tosca and Jen and also the hiring manager at the gym, and through them I got the information I needed to finally make a decision on which courses I was going to take – enough researching and thinking and talking about it already !!
Yesterday I signed up for both a personal trainer course and a nutrition course. I decided to go through the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), and have signed up for both the Certified Fitness Trainer and the Specialist in Fitness Nutrition courses. When I called to sign up they said it would take 4-5 business days to get my course materials, but to count on 5 days since they are in California and I’m in Canada. Well thank you Federal Express … I ordered the goods at about 5 pm last night and they were delivered to my door by 11 am today :) They say if you approach the course like a typical undergraduate college course, you'll finish in about 10 weeks (per course) but you can take up to 8 months to complete it.
Tonight I’m going to review the material and read the guides on how to complete the course, and tomorrow I start to study !! None of this "I’ll start Monday" bullshit – that’s always just an excuse to delay the inevitable, and after years of yo-yo dieting I’ve used that one far too many times.
On top of the stresses of deciding which course to take and my own personal procrastination in doing so, I’ve also been apprehensive about the decision to sell my house. It’s not the decision to sell that’s been keeping me up at night, that decision I’m completely at peace with, but rather it was the question of where I was going to live once I do sell. I actually have a tenant in the basement, and that tenant is my uncle. He moved here from BC about a year or so ago and we set up a basement apartment for him, and now that I’m selling, he needs a place to live too. I didn’t want to leave him stranded, but it was making things very difficult as I researched new places to live. For starters we don’t agree on where we want to live, he prefers the country and I want to go further into the city. He also has a very large dog, so finding a place that allows dogs and has separate living quarters was proving to be very problematic. We discussed all this a few days ago, and today he came home and told me he’s found a new place to live !! It’s in the country which is his preference, very affordable for him, and works quite well for me too. Now the world is my oyster !!!!! I can move literally anywhere I want as I have nothing tying me down. Woot woot :)
As for selling my house, I took more action this weekend and hired a contractor to paint in preparation to sell. He’ll be here the 2nd week of November and the sign goes on the lawn as soon as he’s done.
So once again I confirmed my own personal belief about the law of attraction … it’s not a miracle cure where you sit on your couch and dream about money or success or whatever it is you desire, and suddenly it’s knocking at your door. But with a simple shift in attitude, your positive thoughts make you perceive things differently, and those positive thoughts manifest into you taking positive action to help you achieve those goals. Stupidly simple.
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