Are you wondering why you are not reaching your goals or manifesting your intentions? Take heart, you’re not alone, and you are not a lesser of a successful person. Your success can only be truly measured by comparing yourself with yourself and your actual abilities.

For us to create the life we want, there are two things we need to have in mind, that can hinder us.

1. Your own ability to follow through: After you set an intention, such as getting an idea and sending it out as a wish to Universe, you must follow up with action towards its fulfilment. In fact, I believe that setting an intention, is like throwing out a fishing net. If we’re not careful, someone else might try to steal our catch, simply by being quicker than we are, by noticing it, or just have more resources at hand to.
2. Other people’s decisions: Whether it’s a matter of getting your applications denied, trends in society, lack of replies, change of laws, or even wars, others can, and will, try to get in your way.

(For example, when Instagram started in 2010, I didn’t have the means to buy an iPhone in the US, where I was, so I couldn’t “jump on the train”, as well as having to deal with authorities and their decisions for many years. I also had to live without owning my own computer in Sweden for several years, even though I’m a professional copywriter and need one to work.)

Unfortunately, in today’s society, it’s looked upon as of lesser value to not have millions of followers, a high income and/or to own your own business. This is far from true. What would these people be without their followers or customers? Not to mention students. If everybody decided to become teachers, who would they teach if not some of us accepted our levels, and devoted ourselves to be good students? So, to make next year a better year than this one, simply focus on this to begin with:

What can you improve and how?

Go through all the pieces of the pie; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Add socially, financially and logistically. Set a goal for each, and make a list of priorities. Notice that some of your goals may be the resource to another, such as having a good health or steady income. Thus, these needs to be fulfilled and reached first in order for you to work on getting onto the next one.

My own example is, that I’d like to ensure that all my teeth are fixed before going to the United States, since in order to do the same treatment of getting dental implants there, I would have to be a taxpaying resident for five years first, to be allowed to use my Swedish healthcare system benefit (I still have my lower jar to do, my upper jar took 3 years.). I also want to ensure that I have the right diagnosis filled out in my forms, and heal the health issues I have, as much as possible, including recovery. I also would like to have my business plan updated, my social media, and finish writing my third book, so that I can devote my time, when I do move, to work with full force. And when I have this in order, I can also devote some of my time, to develop new relationships.