Manifesting the Ideal Job

Okay, let me start by say­ing that search­ing for a job through tra­di­tional chan­nels rates about as high on my fun-meter as clean­ing out the garage.  I dreaded this process until I had the epiphany that instead of (cue heavy music) “look­ing for a job”, I would focus my energy on being recep­tive to, and excited about, the right job pop­ping up!  Once I got over the idea that I was solely respon­si­ble for find­ing my next place to work and acknowl­edged that I was co–cre­at­ing with Spirit, the whole process became kind of… dare I say it… fun!

Over the years, I’ve learned to cre­ate a list of “I am…” state­ments about qual­i­ties that I’m look­ing for in a job.  I write them all down and review them reg­u­larly until I can feel my words become “things” that are just about to man­i­fest in the phys­i­cal world.  I’ve learned to include some whim­si­cal “I am” wishes, with some amaz­ing results. 

When I was look­ing for a Mar­riage & Fam­ily Ther­a­pist Intern­ship, I spon­ta­neously included “I am work­ing in a com­fort­able, home-like envi­ron­ment with a view of the ocean.”  “Yeah right, that’ll hap­pen,” I thought sar­cas­ti­cally as I wrote it down.  BUT IT DID!  I landed a posi­tion in a domes­tic vio­lence shel­ter that was housed in a cute home up the street from the beach.  I lit­er­ally laughed out loud when I saw that the staff office was a bed­room with an ocean view! 

When I out­grew that part-time posi­tion and was look­ing for full-time, I told the Uni­verse  that I would like to have a great full-time posi­tion handed to me with­out much effort on my part.  Laugh if you will, but I decided that hon­esty was the best pol­icy.  Sure enough, a full-time coworker unex­pect­edly resigned shortly there­after.  My “inter­view” for the posi­tion took place as my won­der­ful super­vi­sor and I walked across the park­ing lot.  “Doreen is leaving.  Do you know any­one who might be inter­ested in the job?”  “Yes, me!”  “Really?  Great !  You’re hired.”  That, my friends, is my idea of job prospect­ing and an interview!

Another time I was mis­er­able in my job and des­per­ately asked Spirit for a new job to land in my lap and, because I was feel­ing so low, I asked for the change to be cel­e­brated with flow­ers.  Sure enough, a desire­able posi­tion in my com­pany that almost never had open­ings came open a few weeks later.  I got the transfer, a huge depart­ing bou­quet (from my nor­mally undemon­stra­tive super­vi­sor) and arrived at my new posi­tion to a huge vase of flow­ers on my desk.  How fun it was to receive flow­ers from God — twice!!

My list goes on… Being hired as an assis­tant to a well-known self-help author; being hired by a highly com­pet­i­tive restau­rant that my friends told me “you’ll never get into”; being hired by a more desire­able hotel while their reps were attend­ing a func­tion at my cur­rent hotel (in another one of those great 30-second inter­views!)…  It’s sooo much nicer get­ting jobs this way!

From the bot­tom of my heart, I encour­age you to let your­self be hon­est and play­ful as you cre­ate a wish­list for your new job or career.  You just may end up in a job that you love with flow­ers on your desk and a view of the ocean!

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