I am a relief night shift worker in a care company that I have been involved with for 2 years. I am also on a gap year from University in order to discover what I really want to do with my life now that I know I have no limits. I’ve been practicing LOA for a couple of years and way beyond that, however I had only realised before these last two years that I had been using it without knowing. My most recent experience has come in the past few days.

Being a night shift relief worker means not having job security. As a 20 year old with no major financial commitments, this was not a problem to me. However, having been limited to the amount of night shifts I could cover due to there being a full team of staff on both days and nights, I was suddenly in a position where I had absolutely no income in comparison to ‘earning enough’ every month. Anyone that knows the “feeling” of having no money knows that it is not a nice one. I thought “Well I could go back full time on to day shifts”, however, there were no openings available. I did not want another job as I am good at this one and it is great money for someone my age in a gap year.

I kept telling myself and my close circle of friends that everything was fine when ever questions around my finances came up in conversation. I just knew that I was fine and that the opportunity would present itself to me, it was only for me to “worry” about, not them. But I never worried, I don’t believe in worrying because as we all know, that just leads to more worry.

A little less than three weeks later, this week in fact, I got a random phone call from the manager at the sight I work at asking me about my availability for day shifts. I had only interacted with this man a handful of times and not once had it been to express my desire to become a full time member of the team. I obviously explained to him that I was interested in a position working day shifts full time but also that I was aware there were no openings. He then explained that he would have to do a little shuffling around and call me back if anything could be arranged.

One hour later I received a call explaining that a spot had been made available due to another member of the staff needing to move to a different location and that the spot would be open a week from that date.

I am now in a position going forward, just like I visualised, where I know that I’ll be financially sound in a secure job whilst I take my gap year to work on my visualisations for the next stage of my life. In addition, it is even better due to the fact that it’s in a job I am comfortable with that pays tremendously.

The most important thing to remember is no matter how big or small these occurrences may seem to be, by showing gratitude like The Secret teaches us, only good can come from it.