I've been in a rut finding a job and such for quite a while.
I need one because I need to pay rent to my parents now for my room, at least starting at the end of September.
Well, the rent was set at $285/mo., which is really inexpensive for where I live but is still a significant chunk-o'-change for a never-employed 19-year-old with very little motivation to go out in the hot summer to find a job either flipping burgers or pushing papers that no one wants to eat or read, respectively...
Sob story aside, I try very hard in school, and I finally see it starting to pay off.
I went to book buyback for my college, and my dad and I had a deal:
A in a class, I get 100% of the buyback money.
B in a class, I get 70%.
C or lower, I get 0%.
A big drop-off, but I already had nothing but A's, Withdrawals (0% for these purposes), and B's.
I had already lowered the rent my first month from 285 to 280, by helping my dad with a startup website for his business as a musician and piano teacher.
The book buyback ended up being very much in my favor, as the nearly 200 dollars of buyback money gave me 80 dollars and a bit extra to keep.
Now, why is this a manifestation?
Well, about a week ago, which I think was a great incubation period, I had a very strong desire to lower my rent to as low as 200 with book buyback. I had no idea how this would happen: I thought I needed to use the receipts, and we only had the ones for one semester out of 4 so far (one class this summer and at the end of high-school senior year, making it span over 4).
It even said on the announcement sheets: "bring your receipts."
Well, I said to myself, "Let this work out for the best", and I smiled. Turns out that was a very powerful thing, because they didn't need to use any receipts at all! I was then able to go there again, sell all the books I could, and got the second half of the 200 total dollars.
Long story short, I was able to manifest a windfall on a scale that I can embrace without embarrassment or hubris.
I am happy. And, on the bus ride over there, I met a wonderful lady from Florida and got some advice on always asking for health insurance when getting a job.
Thanks Carol, wherever you are right now.
As if that wasn't enough, I went to renew my Social Security card, and *twice in a row* I reminded my dad to go out and re-park the car so it didn't go over its parking time allotment, and got him there with less than a minute to spare!
And when I went up there, I was able to get every issue filled out perfectly, I made friends, I made a baby girl smile who had been screaming before (and in a long-waiting room for Social Security, that's a godsend), and finally I was able to manifest a certain annoyed man's otherwise ubiquitous shoving to the windows when others' numbers were called, causing a raucous.
Overall, today was an incredible affirmation of my powers as consciousness, and I can't wait to do it again next time.
~ David