What it Actually Means to "Act as Your Future Self"

The phrase "acting as your future self" is used often in the personal development space and is a key part of manifesting our goals and dreams.   In manifestation "like attracts like" - so the more we show up as that future version of our self NOW, the faster we will see that dream show up in our reality.   Seems pretty simple, but I see a lot of misconception about this happening. And so as we are about to close one year and enter into a brand new year, with new goals and visions for our life, I thought it would be a great time to dive deeper into this.   First of all - when we say "like attracts like" - how this REALLY works with manifestation is your beliefs and self image (how you see yourself) attract situations with the same beliefs and vibration of that self image.   It's less about what you are DOING - and more about who you are BEING.   What are your beliefs? What are your attitudes toward things? What do you assume to be true? What are you emotions/thoughts/feelings about something? How do you see yourself?   You can be taking all the actions "acting as if" - but if the underlying belief systems don't match up with whatever it is you're manifesting - it will either not come, or when it does come you will subconsciously push it away.   This is when self sabotage starts to take place.   Someone beliefs don't match up to whatever it is they've received (money, success, peace, love, etc) - so even if they "want" that thing so badly - if their inner beliefs aren't aligned they will sabotage the situation. This may look like spending all the $ they've received, starting fights in a relationship, creating more chaos in their life, etc.   The first step here is to dive into your BELIEFS surrounding whatever your goal is - and then we can get into the "acting as if" actions part of the process.