I Manifested my Dream Life in 3 Years

00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - I. What is visualization?
03:40 - II. Personal examples
06:58 - III. What's the purpose?
11:09 - III. Put in the work
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[@alandan5396]

I have a very clear procedure for this: 1) Visualize what you want 2) If is a very big goal, cut it in small pieces 3) For each piece, understand what you need to reach that goal 4) Put the needed work. My personal experiencie: I am Argentinian, so my mother language is spanish and I am a software developer. I realized that working for the United States I will be earning more money but I had to be better technically and improve my english, so I took the required actions to improve these 2 areas the last year 2020. Now I work for an american company with customers from US, UK and India :)

[@samantha_leal]

Good for you !

[@alandan5396]

@@samantha_leal Thanks :)

[@Hello-rq9yx]

Wow, that's great!

[@Lilailil]

This is so motivating!

[@sousardanilo]

Alan, saludos de Brasil, que Dios lo bendiga!!!

[@AhmetKaan]

You'll watch an entire Netflix show even when the first episodes are slow and boring just because someone told you "it gets better." *But what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?*

[@ginamarieofficial]

Love seeing you around KZbin!

[@vee5315]

I'm the person who doesn't continue to watch that Netflix show though if it's too boring. What does that say about me..?

[@stvirginias1722]

@@vee5315 me too 🤣

[@user-mwreixqw]

Gem of an advice

[@confusedmoments9206]

But I know that someone already know what's happening in the further episodes. And they don't know my future .. So how can I believe their words... The analogy doesn't make sense, sorry

[@melaniegriesemer]

“God helps those who help themselves” so true, so many sit around staying in their head waiting around waiting for things to happen, but we also have to put in effort on our end to make things happen!

[@LanaBlakely]

Yes!!

[@mel.s.3995]

Absolutely agree❤️

[@ginamarieofficial]

This! 🙏

[@SharvindRao]

The truth!!!!

[@jacobmiller5834]

I heard it said this way. God might give you a shovel but he's not gonna give you a hole.

[@elmundocreativo5475]

"I dream of my painting, and then i paint my dream" that did hit me

[@Miyankochan]

Guys, when you practice visualization, don't forget the feeling component, it's the most important part. When you see your wish fulfilled, FEEL the positive emotions connected to it and gratefulness for the fact that it happened.

[@ssjgara]

Exactly

[@rebekah6226]

Lana makes me look at life from a whole other perspective

[@seannagapen2109]

It's outside the box thinking 😮

[@intentionalliving7326]

Yes, so light and useful! It opens some new lovely vistas ✨✨✨ the gift of watching another life and life lessons on KZbin and outside of youtube 😁🤗☀️

[@alexanderx3554]

Is there is any one secret to success it's the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from their angle as well as your own. - Henry Ford.

[@Psych2go]

Love this!

[@LanaBlakely]

Thank you ❤️

[@lamargames3940]

Love you’re videos so much!!!

[@Beastmaster2.0]

im subscribed to the both of you love ya'll😍

[@johnsonjo8454]

@@LanaBlakely Love you 💋💋💋❤

[@ambujkansal]

Love you Lana

[@thesocialfox_]

To anyone reading this, I hope that your desires manifest very soon! Sending you high, positive vibes 🌈

[@RealJamieBarclay]

Visualisation and desire in general comes from a feeling of inadequacy with where you are now. I used to try manifesting all of the time, but I realised how much of my life I was wasting by spending all of my time wishing I was somewhere else. I still have desires and goals, but I don't pin my happiness on achieving them.

[@eleanor4759]

Very balanced!

[@gloomydaysunshine8656]

so basically enjoy the PROCESS

[@catdairy367]

Same here. I was practicing it 2 years ago. As it is so popular. But I messed up. As an overthinker, I keep working for my goal. My psychologist , pointed out it. And the best I m doing is living in present. It reduced burden inside me. Life is exciting , just give it a shot.yes I still have goals and plan but I do set picture. But try not to over do it.

[@ssjgara]

Yes.

[@sushidashi6152]

That’s right! I want a better life but I still accept and love my life as it is right now. We need to be able to enjoy our lives at any stage.

[@yana.rya_____]

Can vouch for this! Each year I draw "my ideal self" and over the years I have gotten closer to being my ideal self.

[@LanaBlakely]

Great idea! I've done different versions of this.

[@intentionalliving7326]

“You can’t visualize and then go eat a sandwich” Made me laugh out loud Lana! Thank you sistah! Love the message and the quality of your videos! Such a treat✨✨

[@jai4logic]

Jim Carey said this line originally in one of his interviews.

[@richardsmeele]

I have no idea what Jim wanted to say with that line! The visualization technique isn't something I'd recommend for the so-called daydreamers, right?

[@hashirunowasuki]

@@richardsmeele Pretty sure it means that the sandwich doesn't just appear out of thin air only because you visualize having it, so you can't expect to be able to eat the sandwich you are imagining right away. You need to put in the work to get it first.

[@oriyus]

What if I visualized sandwich?

[@gabrijeldolo]

@@hashirunowasuki doesnt mean that.It means you have to take action

[@vsalbuq]

For someone with anhedonia, this may be a life-changing exercise. It makes your brain work on dopamine, which in turn makes you motivated to get whatever it is you're visualizing. The best balance is to be dopaminergic during the day and serotoninergic before going to sleep. During the day you want to go after the things you value, and during the night you need to be content with what you already have (a gratefulness exercise may help with that).

[@whencesleepfairy]

So interesting !!! 👍

[@blueblack8240]

What exercise are you talking about? Visualisation?

[@AhmetKaan]

*"Everything in life is easier when you don't concern yourself with what other people are doing."* The chances of you seeing this comment is pretty low, but if you did, *I hope you have an amazing day.* 🖤

[@mileyroe4877]

Awwww, thank you. Same to you.

[@AhmetKaan]

@@mileyroe4877 thanks Shelly :)

[@arikfreeman6261]

Love it!

[@adrim888]

Ive been battling this so hard lately.. and honestly.. i dont know how to get rid of it! I feel freedom deprived

[@georginasosa8960]

what you said about listening to your inner voice! visualization has often helped me recognize what is it that i truly want and what is something that for one reason or another i've been conditioned to believe i should, to put myself in the position where i have what i want has helped me immensely to understand my will beyond the will itself, what makes me comfortable, what makes me feel good and fulfilled, what does not belong to me, what it is not useful to who i am working to become, it's an amazing tool for recognition and a deeper understanding of our actual desires.

[@DoctorAzmain]

I love it when you’re imagining conversations! As an INFJ - being torn between engaging with people yet HATING small talk lol 😂 Real life: “Hey Joe, how was your weekend?” (to self: when can I go hide in the bathroom?)

[@intentionalliving7326]

😂 made me laugh out loud! Thank you! I can relate to this so much 🙌🏻

[@8Frostie]

hahahahah this is so mee

[@graysonprickett6348]

I'm an INFJ also, definitely can relate. However, we can easily adapt to any situation as needed, which can be useful.

[@LanaBlakely]

Lol yes!!

[@jaimetan]

Great practice! Visualising is like another form of setting goals, but by making it a visceral experience when you’re seeing/ hearing/ feeling what it’s like to be “there”, makes it stronger motivation to keep going with that goal. At least that’s how I’ve experienced it too! Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[@michaelwiebe4282]

Excellent, well-made video, Lana! Your voice is a very calming and peaceful effect!

[@laianavalonarxe2758]

Love your down to earth approach to visualization, wish more people were more realist about it haha thank you for sharing! Love your videos

[@NatureDaydream]

Lana, thank you for saying in one of your podcast episodes that we should not let the lack of support from others result in the lack of fulfillment in our lives. That's why I had to listen to that episode 4 times. I have been envisioning my future life all the time. Dreams range from the ones about taking road trips abroad alone to moving out of my mom and sister (without debt). Vision boards and journaling don't necessarily work unless we take action. Overcoming fears and embracing uncertainties will allow us to make our dream lives fulfilled.

[@saiftokath9984]

During my 20 years battle with depression out of a total 27 years, i think i didn’t achieve a true breakthrough until i started implementing what i am learning from you Lana, Please keep it up thank you so much for life lessons, you are a true reminder that we’re all humans

[@youngchang2071]

Hello dear let me recommend you to someone who help me resolve my relationship back

[@youngchang2071]

Message him on whatsapp

[@ssjgara]

11:40 LOL that’s basically it. I‘ve watched SO many manifestations videos by e.g. Aaron Doughty and Leeor Alexandra and read books about the Law Of Attraction by Esther Hicks, Neville Goddard etc. and it all comes down to: 1) you have to actually BELIEVE that your goal will happen. You can also act like it already happened and feel the emotions of already having it. 2) Surrender. Let go. Don’t put that thing on a pedestal. You should be okay with the situation in either way. And don’t force it, because if you chase something, it tends to walk away even further from you lol. You always draw that which you are, and you are that which you feel yourself to be as well as that which you feel as true of others. 😊

[@ChrisGaultHealthyLiving]

Visualizing helps you achieve your goals, but you have to do the work! Awesome video, Lana!

[@healthyman4891]

So true!

[@yogalady5581]

Yes!

[@sabrinasmith6556]

So well said!

[@jimmynewell1885]

This works!

[@caredel5330]

Thank you so much for this video! I really needed to hear that specially when you refer to backward visualization to get the steps I may need to reach my goals and dreams! Lots of love!

[@PhuongPham-dz1rn]

i love the planning backwards step 🥺 thanks for sharing

[@rbrooks2007]

"Put your castles in the air, that's where they should be. Now, put the foundations underneath." Anon. The path itself should be as exciting as the goal otherwise the path becomes too difficult or banal and may keep the dream as just that, a dream. If we see them as way points to the next step instead, perhaps it makes them easier to achieve.

[@shahjhaawn]

yes

[@lauraceciliakraft]

BEST VIDEO EVER LANA! Thank you so much!

[@markokircanski9157]

You have no idea how much I needed to see this video with the insights you shared... Thank you so much Lana! :)

[@Truee777]

Thank you for this beautiful info… By the way Love your style 🌈

[@natalie8822]

This is such a great video and an idea, thank you!

[@anaselkabous9684]

Okay,that's a really good video to start the week off

[@777eso]

oh my god, you have no idea how much you inspired me by sharing this video. thank you.

[@goddessserenity]

Love this Video ❤ gonna start visualizing 😀

[@mihaelaclaudiap..2]

I believe in the power of visualization! I am still a beginner at this practice, but the more I do it the more excited I get and the more I believe in it! It's important to actually feel the future you envision, not only to visualize it, make it feel real, like you are living it in that moment. When I manage to get into that visualization properly the felling it's amazing! xx

[@k.k.3772]

Sooo inspiring. Thank you. ♡

[@zlibz4582]

love you lana for your soothing voice !

[@David-nm6bv]

that's your strength on the positive side, the impact you will definitely share for the good of others is that you don't need to hesitate for that

[@kflecha1]

This is super useful 💕 we all need to visualize what we want in life 🔮 that is important and being positive and consistent taking action 💕 Love you Lana.! 💗✨

[@LanaBlakely]

Thank you!!

[@MonikaMonikaaD]

IT GIVES CLARITY, WHICH IN ITSELF IS SO IMPORTANT.

[@Heyacin]

I just want to say I love your videos. And your podcast is soooo amazing ❤️

[@RealJamieBarclay]

Does anyone else get unintentional asmr from Lana's videos? It's just an extra level to her already amazing content.

[@DeclanHiggins-YoutubeChannel]

Great video Lana you are one of the people who inspired me to start my youtube channel recently. Keep up the good work from Declan in Ireland.

[@drsurbhibhanot7397]

Great idea. I too think visualization of something u want ,can form the base . Chances of happening of same in future too increases

[@Madabergman]

She is speaking facts. Great video

[@KristinasDigitalDiary]

Your videos are a breath of fresh air 🧡

[@dras7759]

Such a great video!! I feel so inspired thank you!

[@LanaBlakely]

Great to hear!!

[@user-ew1ly7pt6u]

Thanks, Lana. I feel more motivated to accomplish my goals.

[@FierySpiritMaury]

You’re adorable thanks so much for this. I really like the attention to detail in the video and the knowledge. Everything is so well done.

[@seannagapen2109]

Waiting around for things to happen is derivative, and those that allow it have the patience and time over the excess need for strength and passion and and with patience for time you are capable of maintaining perfect equilibrium, and I think that's everyone's goal.

[@DaisysPodcast]

I loved it, and absolutely agree, visualization is a fact if only people understand it

[@vivienlee2260]

Thank you so much for sharing this video! sending you lots of love and light your way :)

[@avocajoisreading]

I really need to hear these things, thank you so much Lana! 🤍

[@antonias.v5793]

Queen of storytelling

[@ural_masha]

This video made me so inspired and exited to try :) thanks 🙏🏻

[@david.walters]

Thank you Universe for sending all the beautiful things into my life. I’m wealthy, happy, and prosperous. I wish everyone in this community and people around the world receiving wealth and prosperity from this abundant Universe.

[@MC-xj4rk]

Scripting is 100% the most powerful manifesting tool, yes!! Thanks for the inspiration and motivation Lana! And good luck to others here in the comments on their path too! :)

[@wilsonduke1967]

this was helpful,Lana. 😊

[@barbaraferreiraaguiar1046]

You somehow make me feel so calm hahaha I was so anxious a feel minutes ago and now I’m super calm and grateful

[@northerngypsysoul]

This was really interesting thank you 😊

[@lisalyonxo]

So happy for you Lana ❤️ Also you are so beautiful!

[@karinev112]

Lana, you are so highly intelligent and pure. i just wanted to say how much I appreciate you making this video and with all your other videos as well. i had been so anxious about my future, how I will get into med school, how I will pass all my collage exams, or even get accepted into my dream university or dream job. However, this video brought my mind at peace. i took notes on this, and truly learned how important this simple yet no so simple skill really is. Thank you so much. God bless you love ❤

[@LanaBlakely]

Ohh thank you so much for those kind words!

[@saraann5289]

This was awesome :-) visualizing is my favorite way to get myself into a better headspace and be more motivated. One of my biggest goals is to move to San Diego. I live about an hour and a half away so sometimes I’ll drive there and spend the day there and imagine my life living there. My dream salon to work at is there too and I always visit it when I’m in town.

[@intentionalliving7326]

That is powerful! You mix visualizing with actions. Michael phelps (the record breaking olympic swimmer) used to do the same thing!! 👏🏻👏🏻 good luck on your move coming up soon Sara ☀️✨✨

[@User_005]

She basically described manifestation, which has helped me so much into getting my dream job and my dream apartment

[@omaimarebbah7878]

I just want to find this girl and give her a big hug. you are helping me to be a better version of my self. Thank you 💞

[@intentionalliving7326]

Would it be fun to have some meet and great with favorite KZbinrs? Perhaps after all this pandemic clouds clear up... we can visualize it 😁🤩✨✨

[@NatureDaydream]

@@intentionalliving7326 Yeah. It would be awesome to see Lana in the real world. Visualizing her as a lovely woman embarking on an epic tour around the world with the intention of seeing her followers hugging.

[@mollysimon4610]

i loved this i definitely needed to watch.

[@Delala]

I was expecting you to talk about the law of attraction. I like you take on the subject!

[@GoldJacketLuke]

Great video and topic Lana! “Every great dream begins with a dreamer." - Harriet Tubman

[@LanaBlakely]

Thank you Luke!

[@chasegrace5874]

A very new subscriber of your channel . You have become my favourite ❤️

[@adventurepantsmcgee]

"How are your kids' piano lessons?" Next level detail. 💯🔥 I'm going to try to add more detail into my visualization.

[@RosieJau]

I love your hair ! 🤍😩

[@LanaBlakely]

Thank you!!

[@sashafardell_]

Mmm this is just so powerful, I have done the same for the past few years - it is definitely not coincidental, or magical - but a really powerful way of working towards goals and making things happen ♥️🙏 Love your videos! xx

[@ahmedhallajian8886]

Interesting how visualisation is also a memorisation technique, seems like it's a tool that gives us insight in past, present and future.

[@andreasrydell]

The thing about making visualisation work is that you have to match your emotional state of being with what it would be like in the visualization. If you managed to do that you would match your visualization and succesfully experience that reality very soon! But why that is rarely the case, and is very hard, is because we all have a conditioned emotional state of being as some call energy or "vibration" in spiritual circles. And why visualization can be hard or give no result is becuase we bring our present emotional state of being into our visualization which makes it impossible to match with that potential reality.

[@sparkee.]

You are an amazing person 💕 💖

[@adnanerochdi6982]

The new hair style looks so good btw.

[@rayanerayane2504]

VISUALIZATION .. I was doing this regularly , while I'm on the road listing to music, while I'm reading, while I'm on bed heading to sleep. But . I can say that I do this unconsciously without paying attention that this is visualization and it meant something. While listening to the example u mentioned about living and waking up in a place of your dreams , I started to imagine myself there, doing all these things. Now besides visualizing and imagining , I will write down every bit and piece , add to to this working as hard as I can . thank I so much for this inspirational video !

[@josephineduran9622]

Thank you Lana this video really motivates me a lot...

[@seethetruth7427]

one instance where i have harnessed the power of visualization is when i applied for a very selective award in my university in 2021. I begin drafting the application essays. at the same time, I wrote in my manifestation journal, describing in detail the day i imagined i will be receiving the award - what i will be doing, how i will feel, etc. i carried that feeling with me as I crafted my essay in greater detail and quality. and yes - i got the award. exactly as i described in my manifestation journal. visualization is very powerful in the way that it could shift your mindset and give new perspectives on how to approach your goals.

[@chloe9714]

YOURE SO PRETTYYY

[@lax2469]

Thank you as always

[@RonaldDinopol-lk6ms]

Thanks for all

[@ssa8920]

Your content resonates with my personal experience, where when you visualise things you somehow manifest it to reality! I day dreamed about working at such places during college years and go about how to put my foot at the door, I got no response but Lord and behold a few years later I was called for an interview and got the job at the place! I also dreamt about going into some sectors. I made so many attempts numerous interviews and failed, got turned down. Later on I got an opportunity to get into the sector though not the company I wanted but it was another reputable company with double pay! it's your determination and efforts that's count. You can't dream without making the effort to help yourself and you'll see how life works out in the end when you have the right intent, spirit and determination. It's how badly you want it.

[@llllllllllllllllll663]

To achieve it, you have to believe it ☺

[@sally456123]

I got so much of a motivation from your videos that I decided what I wanted to be I want to be a trainer a coach life coach have my own channel podcast and do it in my native language. I visualize it so many times in a day and i started to notice that life is dragging me that way since then . so I try to think about it

[@wood1793]

In the middle of this cutthroat world I live in, Lana really know how to show me the light. Thank you.

[@intentionalliving7326]

No one can mess with our visualizations ✨✨✨☀️

[@Magjes]

Alright thanks Lana nice video.

[@mentos1878]

Thank you!!!!!!❤

[@David-nm6bv]

You are different, that's what you want, you don't need to be affected by negative things from outside, you just keep doing it like this

[@PhilosophyWithLilly]

I once heard somewhere that the best place to visualize is while in a plane flying through the clouds. I never forgot that and I always remember to do that whilst traveling ☁️.

[@intentionalliving7326]

That is so cool! I had not heard that bit it is my favorite place to visualize as I feel i am literally between worlds/realities/locations ✨✨☀️

[@hankalorinczova]

*Visualization is always good.* It´s like our dreams are tangible and imaginable. It´s great that you believe in vizualization. I believe you could make more videos and films on that topic. Your podcasts are amazing. I was wondering what if I once make a film about you. It would be insipred by you (only softly, overall and fundamentaly). But I am not sure, yet. You are extremelly sympathetic and beautiful. I wish I had your figure, you are very slim. Thank you for reading and I am looking forward to your next videos.

[@nuralijumayev476]

Awesome 👍

[@modulargrowth9563]

I’m a big believer of this, I visualize every goal big/small and it has worked out pretty well so far. But as you get older you start to lose faith in your visualization as reality kicks but I have to keep reminding myself reverse engineering a goal is the only way to get to it! (For me anyway)

[@galacticguardian2783]

As you get older as in as you become older than 16

[@patrickmolyneux2951]

Dream your yourself into a new reality. I really like that. Certainly something to ponder over. Thank you.

[@blackbeat2361]

Thankyou

[@DashaLang]

THANK YOU LANA ❤️ you have put manifestation into simple words 😌 I feel like when it’s compared to the universe and what the universe gives you it seems a bit unrealistic compared to tje neurological side of it

[@isabellalora6533]

Wow!! You’re so pretty!

[@ssa8920]

I love your content it's very beneficial

[@danmoor]

I just build a caffe racer motorbike this year. It was funny when i here uou talking about bikes lol. I did not use visualisation, meditation or anything. i could imagine and had idea of what was it going to look like...now important was the time , timing wheather it is moto project or life desisions it is good to be flaxible and open for quick or slow changes. The ideals are perfection in everything we do or for the best- perfectikn by our own personal standards. I follow that last ☺ and the motorbike is out of place, peopke turn heads and more important i enjoy riding it. Thanks for shareing your toughts.

[@kikiwonwon29]

Lana she are so stunning

[@thegrungekid6]

you painted quite the picture there with the dream job, very descriptive. I think i saw you well and everything in that in which you described. XD

[@MatthiasLenardt]

For sure visualization works ... unfortunately so many people are not aware of this magic formula .... good reminder to all viewers out there 👍 😃