Why Your Manifestations Aren’t Working (And How I Finally Made Mine Happen)

Bex
Nov 2
5 min read

Why Your Manifestations Aren’t Working

Manifestation is more than mindset (obviously). In this post, I’m sharing the real reasons your manifestations aren’t working and how I turned my own vision board into reality, from my business goals to a dream trip to Utah (and fyi this isn't another egotisical... 'look at me and what I have, if you buy my product, you can have this too'....I am not selling anything, I am trying to help!)

Manifestation has become a buzzword and something to sell. Everyone’s talking about it, scripting it, or trying to “raise their vibration,” but very few people are actually living what they’re pinning to their boards or journalling about. So if you’ve been wondering why your manifestations aren’t working, here’s the no-bulls**t truth:

You can’t just sit there and think your way into a new reality. You have to act your way into it.

The reason most people get stuck is because they treat manifestation like a wish list instead of a process. They write the goals, light the candle, say the affirmation… and then go back to the same habits, the same doubts, the same routines that keep their energy in the exact same place.

That’s not manifestation, that’s procrastination dressed up as spirituality. The concept of 'think your dreams into reality' is, in my opinion, a load of crap (if this has worked for you, then I am pleased for you, but you are a rare manifesting breed)

Manifestation only starts working when your daily actions align with the version of you who already has what you want. It’s the Law of Action and the Law of Assumption in motion. You can’t just say you believe; you have to live as if you already do.

How My Vision Board Became My Reality

When I made my last vision board, I was sitting on my bedroom floor, feeling completely lost. I didn’t have a plan. I didn’t know how I was going to make it all happen. But I did know what I wanted: freedom, travel, abundance, a thriving business, and Utah. In August last year, I cried...a lot. My business earnt me money here and there, but it wasn't bringing me joy, lighting me up, or paying my bills. I had gone from travelling the world to feeling stuck, lost and in overdraft. (I know...this sounds very first world...I do know I was still in a privilidged position even then in the grand scheme of things).

I put Utah on my vision board not knowing how on earth I was going to make it happen. It wasn’t about the location itself, it was what it represented. Adventure, expansion, faith, and proof that I could turn an idea into a lived experience.

Every morning, I started doing my higher-self work (if you want the free journal exercise I used, just ask, I still share it- instagram or email me). I showed up for myself daily, even when I didn’t feel like it. Some days it was small things, a post, an email, a client call, a mindset shift. Other days, it was saying yes to something that scared me, because deep down, I could feel that “if you do this, it’s going to lead you where you need to be.” Living life as 'my highest self' shifted my whole life. In my journal I wrote my current daily reality, my dream reality and then a new routine that combined them both. I was integrating them both.

I am not an idiot, I know I can't go spending thousands on holidays because my higher self would. Instead I would just do something everyday that my higher self would...setting in motion the smaller things that eventually got me on the energetic vibration of the 'highest version' of myself.

I didn’t always see the full picture, but I kept trusting the nudge. One step at a time, the people, opportunities, and pathways started showing up. And a year later, I was standing in Utah, the place that had lived on my vision board for a year, realising that I was now living in the version of my life that I had once only visualised. Not only was I stood in my dream destination, but my business was making me money while I was out hiking. I was getting new sign ups to my monthly service, bookings for my services and downloads of my products. A year previous, my business was barely making a splash, let alone a wave!

What Utah Taught Me About Manifestation

Utah was even more magical than I imagined. I had seen those red rock landscapes online so many times that they almost felt unreal, like a movie scene. But being there in person, breathing the desert air, hiking through those canyons, standing under the clearest night sky I’ve ever seen, it felt like walking inside a dream that I had built myself.

The stargazing was the moment it all hit me though. I remember sitting there, looking up, completely still, and realising that every tiny choice over the last year had led to that exact moment. Every morning I journaled. Every time I trusted the nudge. Every decision to keep showing up even when I had no idea how it would unfold.

Utah reminded me that manifestation isn’t instant, it’s layered and requires action! The universe doesn’t always give you what you want the second you ask for it; it gives you opportunities to become the person who can hold it. You have to keep walking towards it even when it feels miles away, because one day you’ll look up and realise you’ve arrived. And again, I know it is so easy for me to say now, but truly....this stuff works if you let go of the attachment to the outcome and just 'become' your higherself even if its just for 10 minutes in the morning when journalling. IT IS FREE!!! WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST AT LEAST TRY!?

What You Actually Need to Manifest

You don’t need another manifestation course. You don’t need to spend hours scripting, visualising, or waiting for a sign. You don't even need the visionboard. You need to energetically open yourself up.

That means:

Taking daily action even when you don’t know where it’s leading.
Treating each day as if you already have what you’ve asked for.
Listening to the intuitive nudges, especially when they make no logical sense.
Showing up for yourself with consistency, not just when you feel motivated.
Letting go of control and trusting that the universe moves in ways you can’t predict.

It’s easy to say all this once things start working out. But I’m telling you as someone who has had moments of wanting to quit, cry, and give up, the turning point was when I decided to dedicate myself to myself.

For the last thirteen months, that’s what I’ve done. Every choice, every small action, every inner shift built a bridge between where I was and where I am now.

That’s what manifestation really is, not magic, not luck, just energetic alignment backed by daily devotion.

If you are struggling to also balance the positive mindset vs toxic positivity (forcing being happy when actually, you just want a a damn good cry and scream into a pillow), then go get the book Power of Now.