Ways to Elevate Your Standards, aka, Manifest
Elevating Your Standards: A Love Letter to Your Future Self đâ¨
There comes a moment when you realize: I canât keep living like this.
Not because youâre broken.
But because your soul is asking for more.
More alignment. More truth. More peace.
This is what it means to elevate your standards.
Raising your standards isnât about being cold or rigidâitâs about recognizing what youâre worth and choosing to live in a way that honors that. Below are some ways Iâve redefined what Iâm available forâand how you can too.
đż 1. Upgrade Your Self-Talk
Your inner voice sets the tone for your life. Begin by speaking to yourself like someone you deeply love. Ditch the criticism, the comparison, the "shoulds." Replace them with words that empower and ground you.
Say this out loud: I deserve to speak to myself with kindness and clarity. Then give yourself a fun phrase for the day, like, âAs a soul being, I am participating with the universe to manifest destinyâ.
⨠2. Decide What Youâre No Longer Tolerating
Make an honest list: What patterns, people, or energy are draining you? When you are drained, you can no longer think clearly about the best course of action because, frankly, you donât have the energy for it. This isnât about shameâitâs about sovereignty. Maybe youâre done overexplaining. Or people-pleasing. Or settling for âmehâ when you crave magic.
đ 3. Stop Over-Explaining Your Choices
You donât need a dissertation to back up your boundaries, but maybe you need a friend to review it with you so can learn to feel confident in the decisions you have made. You donât need to soften your truth to make others comfortable. Trust that your inner knowing is validâand that those meant for you will understand without convincing.
đď¸ 4. Align Your Environment with Your Growth
Our spaces reflect our standards. Elevating your surroundingsâwhether thatâs your desk, your home, or your calendarâsignals to your nervous system that you're safe, supported, and deserving of beauty. Set up your environment for YOUR success.
Even small shifts create big waves.
đ§ 5. Say No to Create Room for the Real Yes
Every time you say ânoâ to something thatâs out of alignment, youâre saying âyesâ to your future. That version of you who is calm, clear, and fulfilled? She or he only arrives when thereâs space for her or him to land. Remember, donât accept things you would not want to accept just because you can. There is no scarcity here, only abundance.
đ 6. Treat Your Energy Like Sacred Currency
Your time and attention are precious. Protect them fiercely. Pour them into people and projects that nourish you. Choose where you give your magicâintentionally.
đŽ 7. Ask: What Would My Elevated Self Do?
The version of you whoâs already living the life you craveâhow would she show up today? What would they say no to? What would they celebrate? When you start living from that energy now, the gap between where you are and where you're going disappears.
â 8. Use Astrology to Reclaim Your Power
Astrology reflects who you truly are. Your Venus shows what you value. Saturn shows where youâre being invited to mature. The Moon shows how to care for your inner world. Let your chart be a mirror of your wholeness, not your limitations.
đŤ 9. Curate Your Circle
Spend time with people who light you up, not dim your brilliance. Choose connection over comparison. Support over competition. Your standards will rise naturally when youâre surrounded by those walking the same path of self-respect and soul growth.
đĽ 10. Make Respect a Ritual
Elevated standards can look like dressing with intention. Lighting a candle before journaling. Saying a mantra before hard conversations. When you make self-respect sacred, it becomes second nature.
Raising your standards is not rejectionâitâs realignment.
Itâs not punishmentâitâs protection.
Itâs not about perfectionâitâs about choosing your future self, over and over again.
If youâre ready to grow, Iâm right here with you. đ
And if you want to use astrology as your guide, you know where to find me.
Note: Created with my assistant, ChatGPT
