From 36 Cents to €20K: What Manifestation Gurus Don't Tell You

Here is how you actually build multi-stream abundance in your 20s.

Manifesting sounds a lot like a glittered version of ‘fake it until you make it’, and while navigating the realm of manifestation, I’ve learned something: you have to be picky about everything you want in your life, shamelessly, because everything you want already exists.

With that I agree, that’s how I got here.

But it doesn’t stop there: you must believe that you already have the things you wish for.

Tutorial: take some LSD, open your bank account, and those ten dollars will magically turn into 20K.

For the longest time, I didn’t have €20,000 in my bank account. In fact, it was devastating to open my account and see the same 36 cents that had been there for three months.

So how tf was I supposed to look myself in the eye in the mirror, smile, and lie about having €20,000 there?

I’ve never been a good lier.

What I found out is that just being delusional never worked perfectly for me, but being strategic did.

And if there is something money absolutely loves it a good strategy, speed, skill and self worth. And here is what actually worked to make my 0,36 cents turn into 20K.

YOUR EFFORTS WON’T TRANSLATE INTO DOLLARS

Many professionals still strongly believe that the more effort and improvement they put into their jobs and services, the more professional recognition (and money) they will receive.

In reality, however, your boss and their clients don’t necessarily have to recognise it if your efforts aren’t serving them well. Even if they do, all the effort you put into a company that doesn’t belong to you will benefit onlythem.

For example, if you are a salesperson at a clothing shop and the shop has monthly or yearly goals, reaching them will benefit the company, not you. Who do you think will spend their holiday in Bali? :D

Your time is your highest-value asset, not something you should settle for just to get a paycheck that’s barely enough to cover your rent. And all the time and effort you put into enriching somebody else, you could invest in enriching yourself, your life and ones you love.

When you become wealthy, especially as a woman, you open doors not only for yourself, but also for others. On average, wealthy women invest around 90% of their income in helping others and providing for their families and communities. By contrast, men invest just 30–40%. [1] [2]

So, besides finally being able to buy all the matcha lattes in the world and attend as many Pilates classes as you want, wouldn’t it be nice to put all the effort you put into your boss’s business into your own for a change?

I’m not trying to put you off, in fact I’m here to inspire you. Getting better at something is really important if you want to achieve your goals in life, as long as you use it in the right way.

I am al not here to tell you to quit your 9–5 job straight away, especially if you love what you do and are happy with it, or if you can’t afford to yet.

For those happy with the career path they’ve chosen, this article is actually not for you. Because in today’s world it is common to hear everywhere you should quit your job and start your own business. I am not here to brainwash you into believing your life sucks. If you are genuinely happy and fulfilled, it probably doesn’t.

But if you’re still in a job that you actually hate, or that isn’t fulfilling, and you look out there and see that there’s so much more you could go and get and experience; if you feel invalidated, ignored, disrespected, or just bored to death, not having an exit plan is just dumb.

If you can’t quit your job, try investing five hours a week in creating an alternative source of income. That’s less than an hour a day!

Here are 3 sources of extra income you can easily make money with as a woman:

1. Virtual Assistant - Upwork, Fiverr, or Belay Here you can simply work providing organisational or administrative support to influencers, business owners or executives. It will not make you rich right away, but it will allow you to at least start investing in your own business if you manage your incomes right.

2. Digital Product - Etsy / Shopify Can you paint? Do you have any hidden Canva skills? Do you know how to crochet and write patterns? Do you work with cold porcelain? If so, this space is for you! I’m sure you have expertise that others don’t, and they’d be happy to buy from you.

3. UGC Creation Create short product video reviews or aesthetic photos for brands to use in their social media ads. You don’t need huge social media following, because they won’t use your profile to promote their product/service.

SHAME WON’T TRANSLATE INTO DOLLARS

Ok we are all sick of those selling course on how to sell courses, but I also understand that if is it actually generating money, if that’s how people are changing their lives (and perhaps changing the life of others), then what is the problem really?

The universe will NOT prioritise those who spend their time judging and questioning others instead of finding their own path.

If you just sit there and passively believe an opportunity will fall on your lap, I’m sorry baby, it won’t! Everything in this universe is movement, if you stay stuck you won’t get anywhere.

So what to do instead?

1st pick one high-value skill.

As I’m a mother to you, I did part of the homework:

1. Copywriting - It pays around $70,000 – $110,000/year

2. Design (Graphic / UI) - It pays around $65,000 – $95,000/year

3. Community Management - It pays around $55,000 – $85,000/year

4. Video Editing (Shorts/YT) - $65,000 – $105,000/year

5. Bonus: Problem-solving skills relating to money and careers, health and fitness, body image, romantic relationships, dating and marriage, and so on.

Now, once you’ve chosen one of those, you need to become disgustingly good at it. Go all in! If you have time to scroll through your phone, you certainly have time to read at least one article a day about your chosen topic. Watch at least one YouTube video about it. A podcast. A book. Take notes about it.

Your future deserves your discipline.

And as you learn, apply it. Shamelessly.

For a long time, I thought that I had to be ‘good enough’ at something before I could start a business or teach it. I read articles and articles about people selling stuff they didn’t necessarily master, so I thought I had to know everything about a subject and understand all its intricacies. But that’s a lie.

There’s always somebody who knows less than you, and would love to learn from you what you’ve learned.

I’m telling you to become a pro at the skill you’ve chosen, but don’t let your life become an endless development project. You are more than that, and the best way to learn is by doing. Repetition becomes improvement without you having to obsess over it.

You can experience genuine devotion without turning your life into a rigid self-improvement prison.

What I am saying is: instead of spending 4 hours researching, spend 1 executing. Expertise is a byproduct of consistent action, and honestly, if you are smart enough to know how to use this process on your favour, sell it.

Sell it even if you’re not quite there yet. Maybe even sell the fact that you’re not quite there yet. People bond over shared limitations.

If you try, give it a shot and stay consistent, the right customers for your services will come to you. You will build genuine connections and sell direct solutions to their problems without overthinking or waiting for permission.

And if you need permission, here it is: Permission granted!

So, what are you waiting for?

Baby girl, after all, salvation is individual. There’s no shame in wanting it all. There’s no shame in giving it a go. There’s no shame in trying.

And if it helps you to buy your freedom, your dream, or even your matcha, why not?????

BEING GROUNDED AND STRATEGIC WILL MAKE YOU RICH FASTER

I started writing this article pretty pissed because of the manifestation gurus who sell their apps and ‘spells’ without providing everything you need to manifest the life you want. Although I don’t judge their means and I genuinely admire them so much, I wish they also told you what I’m about to tell you:

I am a dreamer myself. I believe in magic. I am extremely delusional, and it is this delusion that has brought me to where I am right now. I am a true believer. I have spent hours upon hours rewriting my story and rewiring my brain using scripting methods. It absolutely works, and I am a huge fan of positive affirmations.

I am, after all, a manifestation writer aren’t I?

If you’ll excuse me for a moment, I’d like to share something I did with all my heart.

Everything I am writing only works if you reset your limiting beliefs around money, believe you're the kind of woman money feels safe with.

If the old story is still running in the background, that money is hard, there's never enough, who am I to want more, it will simply pull you back to where you started. It’s a very sneaky process.

Alchemoney is 10 days of scripting that new story into place. Ten minutes a day, one prompt at a time, until "money flows to me easily" stops being just a sentence you repeat in front of the mirror and start being a default way of thinking.

I’m sharing this because scripting works alongside inspired action, never instead of it. And it wouldn’t make sense to share with you all this without giving you a baseline first.

It's yours, free, because I support you. 🤍

ALCHEMONEY

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