The first time I heard about manifesting was when that documentary The Secret came out. I always thought it was kind of silly. Just visualize success, and it will happen by itself?

Yeah right.

Meanwhile, the real world was full of gatekeepers, job interviews, unpaid internships, and rejections at every step you tried to take. That version of manifesting always felt disconnected from reality.

But I’ll be honest, I never completely dismissed the idea. Something about it stuck with me. Maybe not the mystical part, but the part about belief.