It's "Act as If" day tomorrow.
And I'm going shopping for a Beamer.
That's right. I'm going window car shopping with my AP as part of the Six Month Experiment.
You can't get what you want out of life without a combination of planning, hard work and some seriously kick-ass visualization techniques. And if you can't have a little fun doing it, what's the point?
Now I have to admit that I originally found the thought of doing this mortifying.
If I lived in a big city like Chicago, I could care less about walking into a dealership and telling someone I want to "test drive your new BMW Convertible Cabriolet".
I'd take 'er for a spin, drop 'er back off and never be seen again.
But this place is like living in a fishbowl. I mean, if I can run into my son and his friends at the entrance to Carlos n' Murphy's on a Friday night, chances are...
So here I was, practically arguing with my AP about how I was, "Fine doing this as long as I can tell them it's part of the Experiment" while she is telling me, "If you do that, then you're missing the whole point! You're suppose to be acting as if. Telling them defeats the purpose. We don't have to tell them anything."
She finally agreed that I could tell them I was 'just looking.' However, it's one thing to tell that to a clerk at a shoe store and quite another to tell a finely tuned salesman at a pricey car dealership.
But the kicker is, I have to get behind the wheel of the damn thing in a showroom while my AP takes my picture for a dream board (our follow-up activity).
Now THAT should be interesting.
And it's not that I actually want a Beamer - though there is something enticing about the coupe's carbon-fiber roof, which keeps weight down to less than that of the M5 by about 100 pounds, or that seven-speed sequential manual gearbox which can pop off shifts in the blink of an eye -rather, it's getting comfortable with the idea that you deserve one.
Or for that matter, anything else that comes your way as a result of hard work and dedication. Enjoying the fruits of your labor is an art.
It's all about accepting success as part of your life. And when you're not accustomed to it, that can be a hard egg to crack no matter how much you think you deserve it or how hard you've worked for it.
A good AP knows these things about you.
So what does she do today? Buys me the Exotic Car Magazine Buyer's Guide 2010 with a Lamborghini on the front cover and says: Your BMW M6 is on p. 50.
Looks like we're going tomorrow.
But I know it's all for the best and part of my reintegration to an abundant frame of mind. And it's an absolutely essential part of the manifesting process. Because if you're not ready for it, you'll never be able to hang on to it.
In Success Principles Jack talks about a Come as you will be 5 years from now party he once attended as part of an exercise in visualization.
I realized that the people who had those dreams were just like me. And every single one of them who attended that celebratory bash as the best version of themselves, went on to achieve all they had pretended to that evening and more.
Every single one.
Including a duo of women who imagined they were best-selling authors but had not yet even written the outline for their book.
I don't know about you, but I find that inspiring. And I'm one step ahead.
So before I lay out how I'm going to up my game for the next 3 months, (two posts from now) I'm going to spend tomorrow plowing through some blocks by acting 'as if' everything I ever dreamed of being, doing, or having was currently possible in this, present moment.
After all, it's the only one that exists...
coming soon: Tales from a day As If
