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At the beginning of the challenge, I was very systematic about expressing my gratitude to the universe. I kept a gratitude journal, and every evening, right before going to bed, I would write down a list of things I'm grateful for (usually around 15 or 20). But... I'm not a very systematic person. So this only lasted for the first half of the challenge or so.

What I do now seems much more natural to me. I've incorporated gratitude in my daily life. Every day, whenever I start…

All is well. I'm going to a focus group at my gym tonight to get a voucher for a free massage and sending out e-mails to cancel interviews, which is a weird feeling. Almost surreal. Also dealing with a few last minute medical check ups to get that out of the way before I start at my new job.

Yesterday I was at Boots looking for a new facial scrub, and as I was comparing two neutrogena ones, a shop assistant approached me and told me that "the range is aimed at blemish-prone…

Let me get straight to the point - I have manifested a job offer.

I was right, I did make a great impression on Wednesday, and I will start working in about a week's time. Now that I have finally calmed down and stopped jumping around like a crazy person, I actually thought about how I attracted this job - which by the way has all attributes that I listed for my ideal job last week. And I realised that it goes all the way back to when I first started the challenge back in…

You know how you're supposed to sell yourself as much as you can in interviews, and one of the obvious interview no-nos is to never bring up the salary, holiday entitlement and benefits? Well, I just got back from an interview where towards the end, the panel themselves were bringing all these things up, gushing about the wonderful benefits, long holidays, amazingly friendly team and possible bonuses. I am not a mind reader, but to me that looks like a sign that I sold myself quite…