Sarah Centrella - 9 July

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Copyright 2019 by Sarah Centrella.

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Interior design by Colleen Cunningham

Interior images Getty Images/enjoynz, artisteer, _human

Cover design by Erin Alexander

Cover photography by Sarah Centrella

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Author photo by Michelle Pearl Gee

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Centrella, Sarah, author.

Title: #FutureBoards / Sarah Centrella.

Description: Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2019.

Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019006915 | ISBN 9781507210376 (hc) | ISBN 9781507210383 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Visualization. | Self-realization. | Success.

Classification: LCC BF367 .C46 2019 | DDC 153.3/2--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019006915

ISBN 978-1-5072-1037-6

ISBN 978-1-5072-1038-3 (ebook)

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For my babies: Kanen, Mira, and Izzy.

You are the light, love, and joy of my life. Youve been my ever-burning flame, propelling my dreams and creating in me the relentless pursuit of the woman I am meant to be. All I do, I do for you.

Dream HUGE, little ones.

Not to brag or anything, but I have a superpower. Its the uncanny ability to predict my future in near spooky detail with unbelievable accuracy.

I can turn a thought into a real-life Instagram -able story. A seemingly impossible dream into a living, breathing, I-cant-believe-this-is-happening selfie. I can take a picture that I found online, put it on my #FutureBoard, and turn it into a once-in-a-lifetime pinch-me moment!

Also, heres the thing you should know about me I like to share. After all, what fun is having a gangsta superpower if youre not willing to share it?

Here are all my manifesting secrets.

Why Should You Listen to Me?

You may be thinking: Why should I listen to you, Sarah?

Because a #FutureBoard saved my life.

It was 2009 and I was trying desperately to piece together my life after it imploded the previous year when my husband left our family to pursue his affair. At the time our twin girls were just over a year old and our son was five. Wed been together since our sophomore year of high school, sixteen years, and married for eight. It was inconceivable to be starting my life over with nothing, at age thirty-two. Unthinkable that Id be a single mother of three babies, trying to survive on my own.

Before he left, wed filed bankruptcy, lost our home to foreclosure the year our twins were born, and it was the recessionthe perfect crap storm.

Things were bleak; I was struggling to simply put food on the table, keep the lights on, and pay rent, all while working full-time and learning how to parent alone.

But the benefit of starting from rock bottom is that youve basically been handed a gift: a clean slate. Your prides been demolished, your ego is pulverized, your fear of failure has been realized in its most brutal forms, you arefree.

Suddenly youre able to shake the judgment of others in a way you never could before, because you no longer give a shit what they think! Youve entered a primal survival stage, one you didnt even realize existed. Now all your energy must be reserved for action, for making things happen.

Though the reality of my daily life was dark and overwhelming, I couldnt help but think: What if I had a totally different life? What if I could create anything I wanted? I was no longer tied to someone elses idea of what my future should hold, and that alone began to open my mind to new possibilities. Slowly, I nurtured that tiny seed of hope, which turned into a craving for a better life.

Slowly, I began to dream .

I realized that if I wanted to succeed, Id need to completely reinvent myself and invent an entirely new future for myself and my children. But how? I had no idea and it seemed like an impossible task.

I didnt know much about how to change my life back then, but I did start doing something that would change everything. I began to create an alternate happy place universe in my mind. Its not a stretch to say that I invented a fantasy life out of thin air.

In this life I imagined myself as a successful businesswoman working in a career I loved. I visualized what this woman looked like in great detail. She was fit, confident, empowered, and respected, a real boss chick! She drove an expensive car and carried a bag that cost an entire paycheck, not because she was materialistic, but because she deserved and could afford it. It was the reward for all her hard work. And hey, she was successful in this future life, so why not?! But best of all, she traveled with her children regularly, showing them the world. She ran marathons and did yoga. She wrote books and gave talks inspiring people to never quit their dreams. She was everything I wanted to be.

I searched for pictures online that visually represented each of these dreams, created my first real #FutureBoard, and then took it to work. It sat behind my laptop in my tiny windowless cubicle and each time I looked at it, I was magically transported into another world. A world filled with hope, possibility, and joy.

It was this ability to shift my focus from my dark, daily reality to this happy imaginary world that saved me. That first year was so devastating and difficult that dwelling on my current situation at the time would have destroyed me. I credit the Universe with helping me transfer the minimal energy I had into this new mental space.

This book shares my journey as I transformed into the fantasy woman I invented on my first (and subsequent) #FutureBoards. Best of all, it teaches you how to create the life you want and how to visually represent it on your very own #FutureBoard. Ill share examples of how my board has come to life and stories of real people whove followed this method to manifest their dreams.

Everything youll read in these pages actually happened. I know theyll seem unbelievable; sometimes I can hardly believe them! Ive manifested some insanely cool experiences (and things) the past few years, not the least of which is you .