9 Easy Ways to Create Your Own Abundance Mindset (find your own magic formula!)
Sue Senger
Jan 27, 2023
We are bombarded with scarcity messages every day. The words scream at us from every screen, every encounter, as we move through our daily life:
- Sale ends today!
- For a limited time only!
- Limited quantities available! Order yours now!
- There is no time for that!
- You aren’t working fast enough!
- Be more productive!
The list could go on and on.
But what if instead of staying focused on scarcity, you could create a pillar of abundance in your life and your thinking that freed you from the stress and anxiety that scarcity causes? What if you built an abundance mindset?
There is no magic formula that will give you an abundance mindset. But you can create your own magic by finding out what works best to you and using that daily to shift your thinking.
There is no magic formula that will give you an abundance mindset. But you can create your own magic by finding out what works best to you and using that daily to shift your thinking.
9 Easy Ways to Create Abundance
1. Accept that life has taken care of you so far.
- You are reading this after all. You are still here. So whatever adversity you have faced this far, you are still standing. Remember that moving forward.
2. Reflect on your past and find proof of abundance in your life.
- It’s so easy to forget what has been plentiful when the world is screaming scarcity in your face. Reflect on abundance. Find proof of abundance: a generous friend, a great feast, the expansiveness of time in nature, and ??
- Pause to look at your surroundings. What is abundant in your surroundings right now? What does it provide evidence of?
- We too often become blind to our daily surroundings. Stop and notice. It can be as simple as the many leaves on the trees, or your crowded bookshelf, or a fridge full of food. Notice abundance daily.
3. Practice gratitude daily.
- This is not jotting just 3 things down on paper each day or nodding your head to say ‘Yup, I’m grateful’. Let gratitude in to your life daily. Go deeper than this.
- Feel gratitude as an emotion in your body. When you are grateful, where does that feeling live in your body? Just like anger may be a clenched jaw or still neck, gratitude lives in your body too. Find out where.
4. Give without expectations.
- So often we provide favors to stock up on returns for ourselves. I’m doing this now and I expect that in the future, this action buys me x or y in return. Instead, find opportunities to give generously without expecting something back.
- Try a random act of kindness, smiling at someone you pass by, picking up a dropped parcel for someone, and don’t stop there.
5. Allow yourself to feel empowered.
- Scarcity is a disabling mindset. It keeps you fearful. It keeps you playing small in life. It's the voice in your head telling you that you are not enough. Instead, allow yourself the opportunity to take action.
- Recognize yourself for moments when you act. Celebrate those and you will do this again, and then again. Just like exercising your body, repeating positive actions builds mental strength as well.
6. Reduce your anxiety and stress daily.
- Anxiety and stress both come from and perpetuate a scarcity mindset. Instead reduce these daily.
- Try breathing breaks, meditation, a walk in nature, time with a pet or close friend, or other small things you can do to break the scarcity cycle daily.
7. Find your focus.
- Mindlessness and scarcity go hand in hand. What do you really want to do today? This week? This month? This year?
- Creating focus generates higher states of wellbeing. As you remind yourself of how you want to show up in the world, you make it easier to actually be that person.
8. Build resilience.
- What is resilience? Essentially it is the ability to bounce back.
- As you cultivate your abundance mindset, you are building resilience. Help this process along by assessing your vulnerabilities and taking steps to overcome those.
- If you worry about food shortages, learn how to garden, save seeds, or home-can food. If you worry that your job is unstable, proactively build some additional skills. Knowing you have tools and alternatives makes you stronger and lets you bounce back.
9. Experience joy.
- What brings you joy? True, heartfelt joy? When was the last time you asked yourself this question? In the face of a challenging task or day, ask yourself what would bring you joy right now.
Shift into Abundance
Changing from a scarcity mindset to abundance is not as hard as you might think. Once your focus shifts to the abundance in your life and in the universe, it can spread like a warm and comforting glow.
You find what you focus on. The more you focus on abundance, the more you find it everywhere and the stronger you become.
You find what you focus on. The more you focus on abundance, the more you find it everywhere and the stronger you become.
Why wait? Start today!
If you have other tips for creating abundance, share them in the FAR Community when you sign up to participate or on the Food Abundance Facebook page.