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My Costa Rica Manifestation

Some of you may recall that I mentioned I’m going to be living out in Costa Rica for 3 months starting at the end of August. I thought I’d share with you all how this manifestation has came to be, and what the key points were in creating it.

First of all, I’m moving out there because I fell in love with the country last year when I visited for a week. Just one very short week of living in paradise has made me want to experience it more permanently.

For the past 24 years, I’ve lived in a busy town in the south of England. Whilst being around the night-life, congestion and hectic lifestyles has been fun, I feel an impulse to live somewhere a little more relaxed and a little less hectic, which is why Costa Rica is the perfect choice for me.

I first came up with the idea at the beginning of the year when I realized that there was nothing keeping me here. I’ve been working online for several years now and it only dawned upon me this year that I am fully established and will never have a need for a corporate job ever again. The freedom that the Internet provides is that you can do what you currently do from anywhere with an Internet connection.

I’ve experienced a lot of unwanted contrast over the past couple of years related to where I live. For example… the continuous stream of traffic I hear every day is something unwanted. Whilst I can make peace with whatever life throws at me, it is no longer my desire to live a busy city lifestyle with non-stop action.

From living the contrast, my desire was born.

Before I could make this move, there were a few obstacles standing in my way. Here’s what I saw them as…

• I only know a couple of people in Costa Rica
• Require money for plane ticket
• Require money to “settle in” and adjust
• Require an apartment to rent
• Require a driver to help with language barrier, local knowledge and travel

Some of these aren’t too troublesome, whereas others are a little more tricky.

From my own previous experience, finding the right people to help me was going to be absolutely crucial. Thankfully, we have our own internal guidance systems (our emotions!) letting us know whether something is going to bring us more joy or not.

As I began contacting those people I know from Costa Rica, I could immediately feel that if I relied upon them to help me, it wouldn’t bring me as much joy as if I were to do it myself. I often get a “feel good” from doing things on my own… it’s like “I created that!” and so I can give myself a pat on the back.

Instead of relying upon my friend’s connections, I went looking for my own. After about 30 minutes of Google searching, I had found some email addresses of drivers who seemed suitable to help me make this move and help me find an apartment.

The first person who got back to me ‘felt’ absolutely awesome! As I received his email reply, I was in the middle of making some notes on a project I’m working on, and I specifically made a point of writing down “This guy FEELS good!” to ensure that I remembered how my initial gut feeling felt.

That first initial contact is very important when making your decision. It’s not the words he used, or what he said in his email. It was purely the feeling that I received after reading his email that I used to guage whether he was the right person or not.

After reading a few more replies from other drivers, I knew that the first guy was “the one”.

So… that’s my driver sorted! In my eye’s that was the hardest part out of the way.

For a while now, I’ve been forming beliefs that the plane ticket money and other money needed would come quite effortlessly. And I was right! I created it that way.

I found that friends who owed me money for past work that I had forgotten about, showed up and paid it back in full. Additional business was landing on my lap and my sales seemed to increase naturally by themselves.

Within about 8 weeks, I had fully saved for my plane ticket and had some extras too.

Whilst I was saving for my plane ticket, I went out and did some ticket price lookups to find the best deal. I noticed that the best deal actually came from the airlines themselves, and the best price I found on the web was £504. That’s an incredible price to get to Costa Rica from England, believe me! Last time I traveled there it was £640.

Everything was looking good… cheap tickets were available, and money was flowing in nicely.

Once I had finally saved up enough for my plane ticket, I went back to the same place to buy the £504 ticket. To my dismay, the prices had shot up to £600! So I tried all of the other airlines again to find the best price. Unfortunately, this was the best price, and by the time I had done all of that searching, I came back to the original airline with the cheapest ticket and now within 24 hours the price had gone up again! The cheapest ticket was now £614.

At this point, I was getting a little worried and being quite indecisive about what I should do.

As someone who practices the Law of Attraction and feeling good, this wasn’t an experience I wanted to go through. I quickly got my thoughts together again and decided that I was going to find a £500 ticket no matter what.

I know first hand that I could attract a cheap ticket, and simply used this situation as an excuse to do it.

The very next day as I was browsing the airlines and price checkers, I ran into one of the price checker sites that I had previously been to, but noticed that if I changed my dates slightly, they offered different 2 stop deals.

It wasn’t highlighted at all, in fact you had to click on a + symbol to get the additional offers to display. It was like the company was hiding them from you and didn’t really want you to see them.

Anyway, I found a ticket price from this site which worked out to be almost exactly £500. It’s a ticket that uses two airlines which is why the price is so competitive. It just goes to show that when you really put your mind to something, and are determined to achieve it, you will. The universe will align it up for you.

So, now I’m in a position where I’ve got my plane ticket all sorted. I’ve got a friendly driver who “feels good” and is going to help me find an apartment when I arrive and I also have some extra money to help me with the transition process.

It’s exactly what I wanted!

All of the above events haven’t surprised me one little bit. I expected most of them to happen. The more you practice becoming a deliberate creator, the more delicious experiences you’ll come to expect too.

I’m traveling towards the end of August and am super excited about this new chapter in my life.