Saturday 22 March 2014

Preparing for What You Want in Life

 Preparing for What You Want in Life


Whatever it is you want, get ready for it. Make a place for it in your life. Get comfortable with the idea of having it. With preparation, it is summoned to come to be. 
 
We can wish all we want for what we want. We can dream, we can hope, we can pray. Anyone can do that, we all do that, so what? It won't just work like that unless you show that you are serious. You've got to prepare. Preparation turns uncertain into the inevitable.
 
Believe in magic, it happens all the time. We manifest what we want through the ritual of preparation. Toil in the expectation of change and change will come about. The work you do will have a way of removing doubt. Doing and acting out can transform your unconscious and conscious, in essence transforming your life. 
 
Your mind sees yourself doing something in preparation for something and gets convinced that the something is something that will definitely be. It is real, it is coming, and you are making it happen.
Put in the work, put in the time, and especially put in the passion. If you feel it, then you can have fun with it and the ball will really start rolling. You can let it control you as if you've surrendered. Go ahead! It is what you wanted anyway! 

 
Preparation could be playing, learning, practising, growing, developing skills, acquiring objects and tools, investing, building relationships, creating strategies, planning inventions, giving attention, making observations, discovering how to use your unique qualities.
 
Life has a natural way to prepare us for what we need to experience right from when we are born. Parents, nurses, siblings, friends, relatives, animals, teachers, story characters, all contribute to who we are. Moving on from here is up to us as we make our own way in the world. Life and the world hold many treasures.
With preparation, there is no apprehension, no fear, no wondering what is going to happen. Don't lament over a far away desire. Prepare! You are then taking steps toward the desire. Additionally, your desire is making way for you. 'Tis the operation of magic, run with it!
 
It matters not that you have not what you want right now. You know you want it, you only need be patient, prepare and know you will get it with persistence. Preparation is a positive attraction energy. It is getting yourself ready. A doing on the road to being. Are you making room for being? Are you making preparation? Are you making magic? 

Sunday 16 March 2014

Tips for Pricing Your Garage Sales Items

 Tips for Pricing Your Garage Sales Items


One thing people expect to get when they go to a garage sale is a bargain. So if you want to actually get rid of all your goods, don’t price them too high. There will be those extra good value items of course, and you could perhaps put a little more on them, but make sure it is no more than about a third of the new price. Less would be better. Make sure everything is priced. Customers will often walk away rather than bother asking.

Prices on clothing should reflect your eagerness to dispose of them, rather than your desire to make a profit. Since your main reason for holding a garage sale is to de-clutter your life and space, you’ll sell more goods if the price is really low.

On the other hand, if you have some items that are really good value and you want a certain amount for them, it’s a good idea to over-price them by five or ten dollars, and then you can drop the price and still make what you wanted. The customers are happy because you agreed (or offered) to drop the price and they feel they got an extra bargain. All the same, if you have something that is really old and in good condition, have it appraised because it might be worth much more than you think. Imagine how you would feel to see one of your garage sale items in an antique store with a price tag on it many times more than what you sold it for.

If you have anything that may be valuable and you want to sell for a larger amount, try selling it on eBay or somewhere similar instead. Antique jewellery, certain kinds of toys and old coins and other collectables may be in this category.

Don’t be like some shops and place the price where it is difficult to see. All prices should be clearly visible. A slice of masking tape is the ideal way to price hard goods. Clothes can have prices placed on the original tags, where customers will naturally go to see what size they are.

If you are not sure what price to put of your items, go to a couple of other garage sales and browse - see what the competition is doing; or ask friends who go. You can also go online for guidance in pricing your items. http://www.garagesalesource.com/articles/garage_sale_pricing/ is one website with a list of items and their recommended price.