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Parking karma

March 27th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

Tips for a better life #1

Everyone
knows how difficult it can be to park these days and how much of a pain it
is to drive around and around never finding a space. One thing
I have constantly used for the past few years is the law of attraction to find
a parking space.

What to do:

Before you set off for your journey imagine where you want to park and imagine
a space just for you. Imagine the cars at either side of you, what colour
they are, what make they are. This is also great fun to get the whole
family involved. Whenever I am going to a PC (parking challenged) place
as Erik Feder of www.wheretofindparkingblog.typepad.com/ calls
it, I ask my kids and my wife to imagine a space and for them to try and guess
the makes and colours of the cars at either side of us. This makes a
great game for the journey to the shops.

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Comment by Maria Palma on 28 March 2007:

I recently started doing this, but haven’t pictured the cars that would be beside me! I’ll have to try that as well… Great tip!

Comment by Mark Shead on 29 March 2007:

When I was in high school I got fed up with looking for parking spaces close to the store. I started just taking the first available space even if that meant walking further that what I absolutely had to. When I got to college I started doing the same thing with elevators. Instead of waiting I’d just take the stairs.

I was always baffled by my friends who would drive around for 10 minutes to avoid a 3 minute walk.

Comment by Claire "Business Blog Angel" Raikes on 29 March 2007:

he he - I have just got back in from running errands in a ‘PC’ area and I did exactly what you say here - well, not exactly… because I find that I can manifest so easily these days that I need to spend a lot less time thinking about it, but anyway - there it was, my space - just waiting for me.

Gotta love the Universe!

Warmest

Claire :o)

Comment by Belle on 30 March 2007:

My husband and I love manifesting parking spots these days. They add sparkle to our day, plus really enhance our confidence in LOA.

We’ve been finding that we don’t need to be consciously focused on the exact spot that we want. It works for us as long as we’re feeling really good, and we arrive at the parking lot with the expectation that “our” spot will be waiting for us.

We’ve had such fun arriving at, say, Costco, and having someone pull out of a front spot just as we turn in front of the store. And we do find that when the close parking spot doesn’t manifest for us - rarer and rarer these days! - it’s often because we forgot to expect it.

Comment by Dick Ingersoll on 30 March 2007:

The mind constantly creates what we tell it to. Whether a parking space or a new car to put into the parking space. I enjoyed your visualization - the visualization plus the emotion you feel when you get there and see the parking space you envisioned. What fun!

Comment by Desmond Ng on 1 April 2007:

haha… That’s a good method!

I actually use this method in another way. But instead of thinking of a parking slot. I think of people that finished shopping that is coming out and walking towards their Car!!!

This works really well too, has been giving me the best effects that even my friends are shocked.

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Comment by chiz on 28 February 2008:

Good post. You make some great points that most people do not fully understand.

“Before you set off for your journey imagine where you want to park and imagine
a space just for you. Imagine the cars at either side of you, what colour
they are, what make they are. ”

I like how you explained that. Very helpful. Thanks.

Comment by Solution on 21 March 2008:

actually use this method in another way. “Before you set off for your journey imagine where you want to park and imagine
a space just for you. Imagine the cars at either side of you,
I was always baffled by my friends who would drive around for 10 minutes to avoid a 3 minute walk.