A few months ago I did a post regarding the Mental Bank process. The idea of the Mental Bank is to keep a journal that can assist you in retraining your subconscious mind. You determine a salary that you wanted to achieve. Each day just before going to bed you take 3 minutes to jot down various tasks you’ve accomplished during your day that meet with the goals that you would like to attain. Then you pay yourself an hourly wage for achieving those goals that will eventually get you to your ultimate salary level that you determined previously – bringing in the amount of income that you have recorded initially in your Mental Bank (or any other achievements you have set out to gain for yourself). After adding up your “salary” earned for the day, you jot this down in long hand and then proceed to write down events that have happened during the day ending your journal notes with two affirmations. You then close your journal and retire for the night. The idea being that your subconscious will work on the information and proceed to begin to bring you closer to your goals and your achievements by working out actions that will become a part of your daily conscious habits.
My salary target for my Mental Bank goal was $180,000 which meant that I ‘earned’ $180/hour or 10% of my goal. Now, although the Mental Bank system is meant to help you to attain your own goals, my husband and I are in this together…my goals and his goals were united in this effort, first because hubby would likely not keep up with a journal and second because, well we have always worked together where our finances are concerned.
Although I didn’t know whether or not this would actually work…I am quite surprised (yes, I admit it) but also excited to discover that, coincidence or not, my husband has acquired $150,000 in funding to set up a business and he didn’t have to do anything except be the exceptional business person he is! Would this have come about without the Mental Bank? Perhaps, but oddly enough, shortly after I began this journal his partner took on another partner in another business that he owns. That partner began to take an interest in my husband’s business. Soon, that partner somehow made his way into the fray of things and ingratiated himself to the point where some pretty odd things began to take place which resulted in our deciding it was time my husband struck out on his own. Thus the reason for the investment.
Was this meant to be or does the Mental Bank really work?
Before you decide that this was just a coincidence, let’s consider another happening. I wanted to quit smoking early last year and although I had tried a few different methods nothing seemed to help me actually ace the situation. When I began my Mental Bank journal one of the goals I wrote down was to quit smoking. At the time my husband had no intention of quitting himself and I think perhaps that was why my success rate wasn’t that great. Then one Friday afternoon (Oct 1/09) my husband came home and announced “I’m quitting smoking. This is my last pack!”
Saturday, October 2, 2009 my husband and I began our trek into smoke free land – I decided to use hypnosis and I am very pleased to say that I am soon to be four months smoke free as will my husband be. I can honestly say that I do not think of smoking and when I do, I have to force myself to. When I wrote in my Mental Bank I would put as an affirmation every 2nd or third night prior to quitting “I am a non-smoker and I am healthy”. Coincidence again? Hmmm, don’t think so.
While using my Mental Bank, another intention was “I attract money and it comes to me from many different sources.” It seemed we never worried about money during this time…it was coming to us from many different directions and some of those were totally unexpected including a $5,000 Dividend check which was definitely a surprise.
So what happens when you stop using your Mental Bank?
Interestingly enough, lots! I stopped writing in my Mental Bank journal in November. I wanted to see whether or not there was any correlation. If there wasn’t, things would continue as they had when I used the Mental Bank theory.
Shortly after I stopped, things began happening that we had not expected nor even dreamed of happening. First my husband’s partner seemed to go wacko and there were a number of changes that took place which actually threatened my husband’s income. As a matter of fact my husband actually handed in his resignation and my oldest son who worked with him did as well.
Our lawyer talked my husband out of walking away but my oldest son decided not to return. He remained unemployed for a few months and found another job but was temp and didn’t last. Our youngest son who had a steady job making great money was suddenly laid off with the company citing ‘shortage of work’ – he had been through a temp agency and the company had promised to hire him full time once his three months with the agency expired. Just two days short of the 3 months, my son was laid off and several other individuals where hired instead.
If that wasn’t enough, the car’s serpentine belt went leaving me stranded on the side of the road and more and more expenses seemed to come our way and a lot of this took place just prior to Christmas!
So what am I doing about it?
Well, I’ve definitely decided to return to the Mental Bank system – it might not have anything to do with anything but I’m just the type who actually believes strongly in the ability of the subconscious to be our driving force and our decisions and our progress are because of the actions that we take both consciously and subconsciously.
Now, here is the test…although is it fair to actually put the Mental Bank to the “test”? Whether or not it is fair, I am going to return to it and see if our situation reverses itself. Here’s what I’ll be tracking:
- Will money once again begin to come to us from many sources?
- Will our oldest son once again become employment or perhaps achieve the opportunity to go back to school for a degree that he has hoped to get for some time now?
- Will my husband be able to finalize the venture he is headed toward with his own business?
- Will I and my youngest daughter find success in a venture we are beginning?
Hard to say…but I’ll do my best to track the progress that takes place (yes, I’m expecting the best from this ;)). I’ll be restarting my Mental Bank journal tonight, February 1, 2010 and will record what takes place both the good and the not so good if such is the case.
Feel free to follow along….and perhaps, if you haven’t already started your own Mental Bank journal, my little experiment may encourage you to do so….let’s wait and see what happens!
I’ll try to report every week…which means every Monday my progress will be provided here on my blog. So stay tuned and if you choose to follow … thank you! As a matter of fact, perhaps I’ll also include updates on Twitter!
Enjoy your week!
Lex
Where to begin! I'm just your average (ADD afflicted creative, all over the map kind of gal with each of my fingers and toes dipped into something different. I write, draw, paint, sculpt, airbrush, bead, knit and sometimes sew (although rarely, even though I have a brand new sewing machine) my way through usually blissful days.
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