The Money Attracting Challenge: Day 6

by Anne Bellamy, author Using The Law of Attraction To Help The Universe Help You

Yesterday, some friends of ours asked us if we could look after their dog for a week while they were in Italy.  This is a dog that we've looked after before, but only for a weekend, never for a whole week.  Having said that, she is pretty well behaved and they are good friends of ours, so we said yes.

Now, I'm not exactly a dog-person.  Haven't been since a black labrador chased me from a nearby field to our back door when I was eight years old.  So, dog-sitting isn't my favourite pasttime.  Add to that the fact that I work predominantly from home while my boyfriend goes to an office every day, guess who will be spending the most time with this dog?  To top it all off, my boyfriend realized (after we agreed to dogsit) that he was going away that weekend with a friend to watch cricket.

I was not happy!  Not only would I have the dog predominantly to myself during the week, but now my boyfriend tells me I'll have her the whole weekend, by myself?!?!  (In his defence, he is trying to get out of going to the cricket.) In my unhappy mood, I stormed upstairs, sat on my bed, crosssed my arms, hmmphhhed, and then saw Money and The Law of Attraction on my bedside table.  What was I just talking about yesterday?  Pivoting.  So, I decided to use it.  Okay, so looking after this dog by myself is what I don't want, so what is it that I do want?

I want to share the responsibility of dog-sitting with my boyfriend.  I want him to sell his cricket ticket.  I want a nice bottle of Italian red wine when our friends get back.  It worked.  My mood picked up immediately.  I don't know what's going to happen, but I do know that it will be just fine.   

Oh, and did I mention that they offered to pay me £20.00 for looking after the dog?  Their original offer was £70 (what the kennel was charging) but that seemed too much, so we settled on £20.00 (plus the bottle of red).  Now there's £20.00 I wasn't expecting!  Hey, this challenge is working!

The Money Attracting Challenge: Day 5

by Anne Bellamy, author of Using The Law of Attraction to Help The Universe Help You



On the morning of Day 5 I woke up to the news that the employees of SportsDirect will receive a bonus of £43,000 each!  "Wow!" I thought.  "That's awesome!"  It was so nice to wake up to some positive news.  I felt glad for them.  So, what's the big deal about my reaction.  Here's what was missing: jealousy, envy, anger, resentment.  I don't feel any of those things for these people  I'm so happy for them!  What a great time to receive £43,000!!!!

 Afterwards, I went for my 40 minute run and followed the same pattern I described on Day 1.  Repeatedly affirming to the Universe that I loved abundance, wealth, prosperity, happiness, joy, fun, etc.  Again, that smile was on my face the whole time.


Once I got home, I decided to dig out a book I hadn't read in a while: Esther and Jerry Hicks' Money and The Law of Attraction.  Although I've read it before, it's always worth re-reading.  I've just begun, and already I'm reminded of a very valuable exercise.

That of pivoting.  When you experience a negative emotion, say to yourself "Okay, I know what I don't want, so what is it that I do want?"  This exercise forces you to take your attention from the negative, and more importantly focus it on the positive.  It is my intention to continue this practice.  To be more mindful of my emotions. To focus more clearly and more often on that which I do want! I'm really looking forward to this!  Excitement is building!

The Money Attracting Challenge: Day 4

by Anne Bellamy, author of Using The Law of Attraction To Help The Universe Help You


On Day 4 of The Money Attracting Challenge I did something I don't often do.  I cleaned my house.  Let me make a confession: I'm a bit of a slob, and my boyfriend is too.  As a result, our house is often cluttered and disorganized.  Don't worry, we do clean, just not all at once.

The reason I decided to clean my house is this:  I thought if I could wash away dust, dirt, grease etc from my house, I could use that as a metaphor.  So here's what I did.
As I was scrubbing, sweeping, dusting and wiping I thought to myself: "I am cleaning away any negative thoughts I have about money, and replacing them with fresh, new clean, positive thoughts."


The more I thought this, the happier I started to feel.  The happier I started to feel, the cleaner my house got.  By the end of it, instead of feeling worn out, I felt invigorated.  I felt happy!  And you know what else?  I felt appreciation for my house.  I looked in every room I cleaned and appreciated it.  Boy, did it feel good!

What does this have to do with attracting money?  Everything!  The more you appreciate what you have, the more the Universe will deliver to you.  I've already put in an order for £1000 by August 31st, so I'm expecting a delivery.

After my cleaning, I decided to pursue this feeling of appreciation.  So, I wrote a list of 10 things in my life that I appreciate.  Tomorrow I'll write ten more.  Every day I will add to this list, and review the previous days, as well.  I intend to be overflowing with appreciation!  The Universe has no choice but to deliver my request.

The door's open, come on in. My house is nice and clean :-)

p.s. After finishing this post, I got up to get a glass of water, put my hand in my pocket and found a penny.  I appreciate it.

The Money Attracting Challenge: Day 3

by Anne Bellamy, Author of Using The Law of Attraction to Help The Universe Help You

Day 3 of The Money Attracting Challenge started off for me with a session of TaeBo.  I really do love this workout because when it's over I feel strong and powerful.  Puts me in a great mood.  Plus, at the end of the DVD Billy Blanks has a great message about positivity and how words have power.  Use your words wisely, and say positive things, is his message.  He also speaks about being grateful and feeling blessed.  This guys knows a thing or two about The Law of Attraction!

I listened to his message and took his words to heart.  Now more than ever, I find myself cutting short those negative thoughts that pop into my head and turning them around.  That inner critic is getting smaller and smaller by the minute.  I can feel her disappearing.  It feels great!

In addition to the workout, I also did my daily meditation for 20 minutes.  Some days are better than others, but when I have a day that proves difficult for me to simply follow my breath, I just shrug my shoulders and say "That's okay, no worries" and then I let it go.  I don't scold myself for having an unproductive meditation session.  I just trust that the day will still unfold fine, and you know what?  It did, and it does.

I think this challenge is going to be very good for me.  Setting goals and announcing them publicly have made me much more accountable for my thoughts and actions.  Thank you Chauncey for laying down the gauntlet!

See you tomorrow :-)

The Money Attracting Challenge: Day 2

 by Anne Bellamy, author of Using The Law of Attraction To Help The Universe Help You


Day 2 of The Money Attracting Challenge.  I found myself in a swirl of thoughts, trying to come up with ideas on what I can do each and every day during this challenge.  Some good ideas popped up, then went away.  Some stayed, but when I tried implementing them, they felt forced.  So I stepped back.  And relaxed.

I started to meditate.  I've been a big fan of meditation for awhile now.  I don't really even care if it helps bring all my dreams and wishes to my doorstep: I like it because it feels good.  I like the peace.  I like the silence.  I like the solitude.  I like the relief.

On Day 2 I also made a decision:  Whenever I felt myself criticize something or someone, have a negative thought, be a glass is half-empty person I would stop myself and say "I am blessed. And the reasons I am blessed are:"

1. My health.  I've always been well.  Everything works the way it should, and boy am I glad about that!

2. My home. I have one.  It's a house that I've come to love, that I call home, that gives me warmth and shelter.  That I look forward to coming back to at the end of the day.

3. My personal relationships: Fantastic boyfriend: check. Wonderful family: check. Hilarious friends: check.

I made a longer list, but you get the idea.  Just typing it out again has made me smile....so you could say this journal is one of the steps I'm taking to attract money.  Let's say yes.

I also listened to a favourite hypnosis recording on Youtube: Ask Your Money Angel  
It always puts a huge smile on my face, leaving me feeling abundant, magnetic and powerful.


As for my swirl of thoughts, maybe tomorrow one of my ideas will not feel forced, but rather inspired.  That's when you know it's a keeper.

p.s. Cleaning up after dinner, I opened the fridge to put the leftovers away.  I had a hard time finding any space for them and thought to myself  "Arrgghhh!!!  There's too much food in this fridge!" I checked myself right away.  Seriously, I was complaining that I HAD TOO MUCH FOOD! So I switched my thoughts immediately to "Thank you God, Universe for providing all this food for me. I am truly abundant" I felt much better, and you know what?  I found some space for the leftovers.

The Money Attracting Challenge: Day 1

 by Anne Bellamy, author of Using The Law of Attraction To Help The Universe Help You


So, following up from yesterday's post, I started my Money Attracting Challenge.  My first step was to chose an amount of money and a timeframe within which I expect to attract it.

I decided on the sum of £1000. That's roughly $1500-$1600 American, and Canadian, for you Canucks out there like me. This is in addition to the usual means of income I get.  My deadline is August 31, as my friend, Chauncey Scott, who is orchestrating this challenge, would like it to be sometime on or before September 1st.

The second step was to keep track, in a journal, all that I did to attract this amount of money.  This is the part that will take discipline, but here goes:

Yesterday I went for a 40 minute run (hey, this challenge might end up being an exercise challenge for me too).  I don't actually run for 40 minutes straight, I do intervals: walk 2 minutes, sprint 1 minute and so on.
I take my ipod with me, and use the digital stopwatch on it.

During each 2 minute walking period, I repeatedly used positive affirmations.  Here are some of the thoughts I had:

I am in the process of attracting abundance.
The Universe is in the process of delivering abundance to me.
I love feeling abundant!

I would interchange the word abundance with: wealth, riches, happiness, joy, freedom etc.

During the 1 minute sprint I simply repeated how long I had to run for: "Run till 3 (minute mark) Run till 3, Run till 3, in a meditative way.  This prevents me from thinking "God, this hurts!" or "Why am I doing this?" It kept my mind focus on something neutral.

When the 1 minute was up, my immediate thought was "Phew! I love this feeling of relief"

That's it folks, 40 minutes of feeling abundant, relief, happiness....and yes, I had a constant smile on my face, which probably got noticed by some of the passing motorists, but what they thought of me is none of my business.

Till tomorrow!

The Money Attracting Challenge. Are YOU Up For It?

by Anne Bellamy, author of Using The Law of Attraction To Help The Universe Help You



My good friend, Chauncey Scott has come up with a challenge that I think will be very interesting and beneficial to many people.  What he wants us to do is this:

1. Focus on a certain amount of money you'd like to attract.
2. Pick a timeframe in which you'd like to attract this money (on or before September 1st)
3. Keep a daily journal and record what actions, thoughts, beliefs, words etc, you use, every day to attract this money.

I'm so pumped he asked me to join!  For a few reasons:
1. Hey, I could use the extra money, couldn't you?
2. Journalling every day will keep me honest, on track, and will force me to think about wealth.
3. After everyone has finished, they'll report their progress back to Chauncey, for his new book.

I'm so happy to help him in this endeavour.  He's become a good friend, through Twitter and Facebook (who knew?) and I'd love to help him succeed.  What's the point of having friends if we don't help each other, right?

So, if you're interested in joining us, please follow Chauncey here.

Also, he's suggested that I post my journal on my blog every day....again, another challenge that I think I'm up for!  I've already started journaling for today, but as it's only midday as I write this, I'll post today's entry tomorrow and so forth till I'm done.

Here's to greater wealth and abundance for all of us!