"Nothing makes you feel like you dreamt a little too small when the universe hands you exactly what you asked for and you realize it’s unscented lotion."
My Mum and sister are laughing out loud beside me as we read this.
Another winner, Michelle, made all the better with that Futureme letter.
Karena this made me so happy, I'm so happy you all enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing my writing with your family :) And yes, when the Futureme letter came in, I took it as a sign that it was finally time to get this piece out into the world.
What an enjoyable read Michelle! Amazing stories and great reminder to always think big, it takes the same effort in the end. Also about being vocal and clear about it, completely onboard with it, if not, why would we even be publishing what we write?
Happy to confirm you're on the path to accomplishing all your big dreams!!
So true, it does take the same effort, just a little bit of opening up required. You're so right too, publishing our writing is a manifestation in itself really. Thank you for the comment and for your feedback on my draft, I've really manifested the writing community I could only dream about a few months ago!
Absolutely adore this piece, and you! 'Nothing makes you feel like you dreamt a little too small when the universe hands you exactly what you asked for and you realize it’s unscented lotion.' Well done manifesting all of the postivity and good vibes you create in all corners of the internet.
Thank you so much Kelly, for your kind words and support while I was writing it! I try to bring the positivity and good vibes, so lucky it's brought people like you in my life!
Michelle, I loved this essay from title to footnotes, it was vulnerable and comical and a true journey. It would be so awesome for this to be a yearly recurring piece - keep emailing future you and checking in on your manifestations!
Thank you so much Haley, I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed it! You are totally right, I need to write another Futureme email (which is once again vulnerable and scary and I can tell I'm resisting haha). I appreciate your kind words!
"The first time I “let go”, I had to pry my mental fingers off the manifestation" - this is such a sticky and vivid image I'm sure I'll wind up stealing it in the future, "prying mental fingers" off of things that need to be released. Great job on this piece.
haha please feel free too, that image is exactly how it feels inside my brain sometimes. Thank you for the kind words and also for all your help with the draft! You pushed me to make it better in so many ways and I really appreciate that!
I knew this was going to be a winner when I heard you talk about it in the sparring gym. Love the humor you brought into it. I'm starting my manifestation list now, lol.
Thank you so much for helping me talk through this piece when it was just a very confused idea. I hope you have already received some of those things on your list haha
haha I need to spend more time on Zillow, otherwise, I will manifest a glass house. Yes, let's do it! Real time logging of my manifestations coming true!
Hahaha omg this was so good. You even have me wondering about this whole negative speech thing and trust me , case in point lol, I am the most cynical dipshit about all of this stuff
Thank you so much for saying that and for helping me process this whole thing! I don't know if this piece would've ever came out without your support. LOL I think one of the best takeaways is removing negative speech! For me, part of it was even just being aware of how often I end up doing it. I appreciate the comment and all the support!
I love seeing the courage you are summoning to say what you want. It's so hard to picture this sometimes when we are sprinting on a default path for a time. I remember a few years back in a coaching session for a course I took, she said "I think you know what you want but you are hiding."
This stung, and she was also right.
I believe in you!
p.s. lotion is a fine thing to manifest...even the best life is uncomfortable when your skin is suffering 😉
Thank you so much Claire! I love that you shared what your coach said, that resonates with me so much! I feel like so often we do know, but we are afraid either to admit it or to share it. Or at least that's the case with me. I believe in you too :)
haha thank you for saying that about the lotion, I think it was something I need to take care of before everything else could fall into place!
haha thank you so much Catalina! I'm glad it made you laugh. For me, I think being vulnerable was the real blocker to manifesting, though it took me some time to realize that.
I love what you did with this. This turned out so well and is such a testament to you continuing to invite abundance in your life.
I was a physics major and quantum engineer and I usually zone out when people talk about the “physics of manifestation.” You’re not alone in that at all
Thank you so much Latham, both for the kind words and also for all your help with the initial draft! You believed in it so early and that pushed me to get it over the finishing line. I appreciate you sharing it in your newsletter as well!
hahaha that's comforting! I can rationalize it without all the science, but I appreciate that it comes together for some people in that way.
I was rereading it and it’s eery how many things are true! I live in a different place now with windows that fast a (mini) forest and have hosted my friends my times this year! So overall, I’d say yes.
“I hadn’t even fully admitted it to myself because you know, vulnerability.” Loved this piece, and you are an amazingly powerful manifestor! And lingering on this insight that sometimes clarity within ourselves can be the most vulnerable kind.
Thank you so much for your kind words Kristin! I'm so happy to hear the piece resonated. It's funny, a year ago I did not feel like a powerful manifestor and now I feel like my vibes are so high that I'm super aware of my the things I say. Which I consider net positive. I appreciate the thoughtful comment!
I loved this, Michelle. I fall on the old habit of dreaming small and negative manifestations. This was a sage reminder to beware 5-year supplies of lotion. Thank you for sharing.
Love this Michelle! I was asked by someone to try out visualisation and manifestation recently, and I felt skeptical every time I tried. I feel a lot more positive about it reading this essay, and maybe it’ll work better now :)
Abhishek, thank you so much for the comment! I'm so happy to hear you are feeling more positive about it, maybe it was fated synchronicity to try it out ;)
"Nothing makes you feel like you dreamt a little too small when the universe hands you exactly what you asked for and you realize it’s unscented lotion."
My Mum and sister are laughing out loud beside me as we read this.
Another winner, Michelle, made all the better with that Futureme letter.
Karena this made me so happy, I'm so happy you all enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing my writing with your family :) And yes, when the Futureme letter came in, I took it as a sign that it was finally time to get this piece out into the world.
What an enjoyable read Michelle! Amazing stories and great reminder to always think big, it takes the same effort in the end. Also about being vocal and clear about it, completely onboard with it, if not, why would we even be publishing what we write?
Happy to confirm you're on the path to accomplishing all your big dreams!!
So true, it does take the same effort, just a little bit of opening up required. You're so right too, publishing our writing is a manifestation in itself really. Thank you for the comment and for your feedback on my draft, I've really manifested the writing community I could only dream about a few months ago!
Absolutely adore this piece, and you! 'Nothing makes you feel like you dreamt a little too small when the universe hands you exactly what you asked for and you realize it’s unscented lotion.' Well done manifesting all of the postivity and good vibes you create in all corners of the internet.
Thank you so much Kelly, for your kind words and support while I was writing it! I try to bring the positivity and good vibes, so lucky it's brought people like you in my life!
Michelle, I loved this essay from title to footnotes, it was vulnerable and comical and a true journey. It would be so awesome for this to be a yearly recurring piece - keep emailing future you and checking in on your manifestations!
Love it ♥️ beautiful job
Thank you so much Haley, I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed it! You are totally right, I need to write another Futureme email (which is once again vulnerable and scary and I can tell I'm resisting haha). I appreciate your kind words!
"The first time I “let go”, I had to pry my mental fingers off the manifestation" - this is such a sticky and vivid image I'm sure I'll wind up stealing it in the future, "prying mental fingers" off of things that need to be released. Great job on this piece.
haha please feel free too, that image is exactly how it feels inside my brain sometimes. Thank you for the kind words and also for all your help with the draft! You pushed me to make it better in so many ways and I really appreciate that!
I think that's how it feels in all of our brains, which is why it's so good.
I knew this was going to be a winner when I heard you talk about it in the sparring gym. Love the humor you brought into it. I'm starting my manifestation list now, lol.
Thank you so much for helping me talk through this piece when it was just a very confused idea. I hope you have already received some of those things on your list haha
That floor to ceiling window sounds wonderful. Let’s host a writing retreat in bali
haha I need to spend more time on Zillow, otherwise, I will manifest a glass house. Yes, let's do it! Real time logging of my manifestations coming true!
Hahaha omg this was so good. You even have me wondering about this whole negative speech thing and trust me , case in point lol, I am the most cynical dipshit about all of this stuff
Thank you so much for saying that and for helping me process this whole thing! I don't know if this piece would've ever came out without your support. LOL I think one of the best takeaways is removing negative speech! For me, part of it was even just being aware of how often I end up doing it. I appreciate the comment and all the support!
I love seeing the courage you are summoning to say what you want. It's so hard to picture this sometimes when we are sprinting on a default path for a time. I remember a few years back in a coaching session for a course I took, she said "I think you know what you want but you are hiding."
This stung, and she was also right.
I believe in you!
p.s. lotion is a fine thing to manifest...even the best life is uncomfortable when your skin is suffering 😉
Thank you so much Claire! I love that you shared what your coach said, that resonates with me so much! I feel like so often we do know, but we are afraid either to admit it or to share it. Or at least that's the case with me. I believe in you too :)
haha thank you for saying that about the lotion, I think it was something I need to take care of before everything else could fall into place!
This is beautiful! Love that you mentioned vulnerability as a part of manifesting.
Also, I got a good laugh out of the lotion being the result of your manifestation haha
haha thank you so much Catalina! I'm glad it made you laugh. For me, I think being vulnerable was the real blocker to manifesting, though it took me some time to realize that.
I love what you did with this. This turned out so well and is such a testament to you continuing to invite abundance in your life.
I was a physics major and quantum engineer and I usually zone out when people talk about the “physics of manifestation.” You’re not alone in that at all
Thank you so much Latham, both for the kind words and also for all your help with the initial draft! You believed in it so early and that pushed me to get it over the finishing line. I appreciate you sharing it in your newsletter as well!
hahaha that's comforting! I can rationalize it without all the science, but I appreciate that it comes together for some people in that way.
Stumbled across this in 2025. Well, do it work??
I was rereading it and it’s eery how many things are true! I live in a different place now with windows that fast a (mini) forest and have hosted my friends my times this year! So overall, I’d say yes.
Lol for lotion. I had to stop reading and comment "Lol" for lotion :P ;P
hahaha thank you Charu, I'm so happy to hear it made you smile :)
“I hadn’t even fully admitted it to myself because you know, vulnerability.” Loved this piece, and you are an amazingly powerful manifestor! And lingering on this insight that sometimes clarity within ourselves can be the most vulnerable kind.
Thank you so much for your kind words Kristin! I'm so happy to hear the piece resonated. It's funny, a year ago I did not feel like a powerful manifestor and now I feel like my vibes are so high that I'm super aware of my the things I say. Which I consider net positive. I appreciate the thoughtful comment!
I loved this, Michelle. I fall on the old habit of dreaming small and negative manifestations. This was a sage reminder to beware 5-year supplies of lotion. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much Dekera! Haha, lotion is great but if we have the power to manifest anything, it is definitely lower on the list.
Love this Michelle! I was asked by someone to try out visualisation and manifestation recently, and I felt skeptical every time I tried. I feel a lot more positive about it reading this essay, and maybe it’ll work better now :)
Abhishek, thank you so much for the comment! I'm so happy to hear you are feeling more positive about it, maybe it was fated synchronicity to try it out ;)