This post is the sixteenth in a series that shares my Divine team talk (conversations with and insights from my Divine team) since March 2020. (In case you missed it, you can find the first here.)
7 July 2020
It occurred to me as I was praying last night that this week,[1] I’ve been given the opportunity I keep hoping for—to [be able to focus on] taking care of the house and property (and kids when they’re here) and still have sufficient income—so this is my chance to “prove” that I really want it by actually doing what I say I want—taking care of everything (though sans kids this week). And if all goes “well” (that is, if it confirms this really is what I want), the Universe will find a way to bring me more of the same. …
I spent half an hour cleaning this morning, then decided this is the perfect opportunity for burning a piece of paper full of fears that I wrote a few months ago as part of a labyrinth exercise.[2] While cleaning, I was listening to an episode of the Shift Your Spirits podcast, and in the oracle session at the end, the thought of money and making a living came up for me. … The oracle response was that you have to do things differently and think differently from most people, do something out of the box. … The message coincides perfectly with what I was on my way to do [as the podcast was playing]: burn my fears about being destitute, blind, and alone.
Now, with the list burned, I can’t say the fears are all gone, but I am letting them go into the heavens. I have burned tobacco to let it go, release it to the heavens. And I am ready to move forward in a different way.
9 July 2020
I have gotten multiple messages now about “having to do something most are not willing to do” for financial and career success. So I get the message, but I’m not sure if this means something I’m already doing ( I need to do more of it) or something I haven’t even considered yet. …
I’ve been considering for a few days now whether I need to rework my schedule so I’m [focusing on] only 2 [big goals] each day, for example, instead of 3 or 4. … I think it may be time to revisit the list of goals I made myself after talking to Adam Albert a few months back.
11 July 2020
Inexplicably,[3] during dinner last night, my mind began worrying over how I’m going to make money and what work I’m going to do. I was sure that when the kids are home,[4] I won’t be able to accomplish anything at all, that all I’ve been doing is futile, that this new upsurge in COVID-19 cases is going to keep the kids out of school and doom me to nonproductivity, that no companies are looking for workers now … and … that [my spouse] is so caught up in … [following] the news … that I basically feel like a single parent trying to take care of the kids and make money and make all the meals.
I started to write all the worries off last night as [coming up] because I was so tired, but really, that’s just why they all arrived on my mental doorstep together. That, and after a week of having no children or much [paying/client] work to distract me, I still had no answers to this question of how to better survive. On top of that, I’d get a really good idea but then would get crashed down by a wave of “That’s just too much effort. I won’t be able to sustain that and make progress on it once the kids are home.” And unfortunately, that’s true, it seems. I was able to keep up when the kids weren’t here all day, but when they are, even when they’re well-behaved, there’s so much interruption of my thoughts and routine, to fix meals and snacks, clean [up messes made by the kids], break up a fight, listen to a story …
Right now, other than focusing entirely on the kids, house, and land, I’m not sure what to do. If I give over to that, though, it’ll feel like I’m giving up on the idea of making money. But maybe I need the break mentally.
13 July 2020
The kids are back. …
I [am] very happy to see them, but I’m not looking forward to the stress I tend to feel while taking care of them and also trying to earn/figure out how to earn money. Doing my best to focus on the positive, though, instead of getting pulled into the negative thoughts that pop up … because of hormones and disrupted sleep. …
This week, I’ve got a workshop to “attend” on Facebook about building your business. I’ve passed on similar programs I’ve seen before, so I’m not sure why I signed up for this one, except that … it’s offered by Patricia Missakian, whose Energy Running exercise was foundational to me becoming a Reiki practitioner and that I use every morning. … I keep saying I don’t have time for trainings, but I’m making time for this one, so maybe it’ll be really helpful. I sure hope so.
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The live video today that is part of the course … was very helpful. And very fast [acting]. I felt very good, happy tears [during the energy clearing/healing part of the session].
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Today, I offered my past-life readings on Facebook … and within a couple of hours, someone had purchased one, so I have a reading to do tomorrow. Income!
15 July 2020
Since having a chance last week to think, I’ve done my work a bit differently this week, prioritizing every day and focusing on accomplishing only 1 thing in addition to caring for the kids. I’ve been calmer and have usually finished 2 or 3 things a day, and I’ve felt my work has been of higher quality. Still, I have many things left undone, but at least now, I’m less frazzled. … I’m still working—just not at full throttle—to get more income. As my astrology report from Astrodienst says for today, we have to “assess your strength and your abilities realistically.” That’s what I’m attempting.
16 July 2020
As I was trying to fall asleep last night, I felt as though I were on the edge of a breakthrough in my energetic healing business. I can’t say why. Maybe the workshop I’ve been participating in has helped me. Or maybe [it’s] the calm and focus I’ve been able to experience this week once I stopped trying to do a little of everything each day.
I was pondering whether I should stop [one of my business focuses], since I’m not working on it right now, but I received what I thought was a rather emphatic “no” from my intuition—followed by a message that I’m focusing on … Wych Elm right now to get things growing and moving but that soon enough, Wych Elm will be moving well enough “on its own” that I’ll be able to shift more attention to growing [that other] business. One at a time, they get dedicated attention. So okay, I’m following the guidance of my intuition, and we’ll see where this takes me.
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It took until this summer (2021), but I do believe those changes I made led to big results—after a lot of consistent application. I went through a couple more iterations of the workshop from Patricia Missakian, and in the fall, I taught Reiki to a student and was offered a contract position that gave me good income and ideal hours while the kids were in school for the first half of the year. When I had a few “dryer” months after that, I went back to practicing the same focus on only 1 or 2 big goals a day while also continuing my spiritual learning and practice and prioritizing self-care. This summer, opportunity after opportunity fell into my lap.
It started with jobs that really weren’t all that interesting to me or that didn’t pay enough for me to reach my weekly financial goals with the number of hours that I have available to work if I’m also taking care of myself, my kids, and my home. I stayed steady “in my power,” though, and kept prioritizing caring for myself, my kids, and my home rather than working more hours on lower-paying projects. And it paid off.
More and more—and better and better—projects and clients came my way. By the second week of August, my editing calendar was fully booked through January 2022, at ideal rates and with ideal clients. And reading and Reiki clients are still coming in too. And I’m really happy with this, because I enjoy the variety and in getting to help people in all sorts of ways.
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Notes
[1] My children were spending the week with a couple of their grandparents.
[2] The exercise can be found in the book Labyrinth: Your Path to Self Discovery by Tony Christie.
[3] This was inexplicable because the thoughts popped up out of nowhere, without any warning, and this was not at all a normal occurrence for me.
[4] The kids were still staying with grandparents but were due to come home in a day or two.
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