Now may be a good time to ask yourself some big questions around manifesting your best life. Are you willing — really willing — to do what it takes to create the joyful life that you want?

Many people talk about how they want to live, the places they’ll go, the book they’ll write someday, the business they dream of starting, or the healing abilities they may feel inside, waiting to be explored. Talking about dreams and wishing for them are good first steps and can actually activate energies so that you can start receiving what you want. Imagining, visualizing, and fantasizing about the life that you would love to have can open you to more possibilities for creating it. However, there is a difference (and a different energetic vibration) between just thinking about what you want and taking active steps to manifest it.