Thoughts on the Prosperity Game

Today is Day 9 of the Prosperity Game, and as of today, I've spent a total of $45,000 dollars. That's a good amount of money! There's a few interesting things that are happening as a result of this.

First off, I'm noticing that I don't have much resistance at all to the idea of having these things. As I acquire new goodies each day, I think about them as if I've really gotten them and I talk with my friends about them as if I have them. It actually feels natural and I don't feel awkward in doing it. I believe that is the intent of the game overall: to just have fun with the imagination part and let the Universe figure out how to bring it to your doorstep.

Secondly, I don't have anything in my mind right at this moment of things that I have a burning desire to purchase. I'm not very excited about fancy cars, vacations, or luxury items; they are not things that I'm yearning for. So I'm having to stretch my thinking a little bit and it's kind of a challenge to find something that I'd like to get. This got me thinking and I realized that...

Third, I can see that my wanting has been mostly based on a idea of limitation, in the sense that I have not really let my wanting go beyond my current reality. This has become obvious to me since I stopped buying D-Star equipment and tried to find something else to purchase. I've felt that, based on the type of income I've received in the past, the D-Star equipment is within my reach, so it's something that I've let my desire grow for, and therefore it was easy to know I wanted all of that equipment. However, going past $5000, I haven't given much thought to things I'd buy because I rarely purchase things that expensive, so I don't even give thought to the possibilities.

I also found that I've been trying to base my purchases on my current living conditions (my house square footage, yard size, etc), so when I've looked at some things, I've thought, "Where would that fit in the house? or driveway??" Or I'll think about the time I'd have to use it based on my current schedule or interests or the lifestyle that I've led up to this time and say, "I'd never get around to using that, it'd just sit around the house and gather dust, why buy it then?" Many of the items above $5000 just haven't fit into anything I've currently lived to date.

So I guess this is where the Prosperity Game gets fun. I've decided after today to just look for fun stuff to get, and not to give any consideration to any of the details of its usage based on my current lifestyle. Whatever I get doesn't have to be anything that I am longing for or yearning for. I can just get it because it's there and it looks neat. After all, there's more and more money coming in every day so why not have fun with it? I think taking this approach will make finding what to get all the easier and more fun!

Let's see where it all goes!