đź§  Five theories about life

(helpful for when you spill your coffee)

mindfulness for rule breakers, free spirits, & inner peace enthusiasts

If the following mindset resonates with you, my upcoming book “The Opposite of Settling” is all about a love that brings more joy, travel, and excitement into your life.

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- Case Kenny

THREE mindsets to help you reflect, rebel, and reinvent…

1. Remember your future…

Take 5 minutes right now and join me in visualizing the next chapter of your life.

But I don’t want you to just try to fantasize and create feel good imagery in your head. The reason most people struggle with visualization is because they approach it like they’re trying to fabricate something from thin air. The key to powerful visualization isn’t imagining a life you’ve never known, it’s remembering a future your soul already recognizes.

Sit down and go to your future… and then look back. Remember. Reminisce. Don’t invent a scene in the future. Recall the memory from the past… in your future. Create a vivid memory of the breakthrough you want to experience, the love you want to receive, the joy you deserve… and remember it. Feel the familiarity of the fact that it’s a memory, not a fantasy. You’re looking back at it, not projecting it forward.

This is the difference between “fake it til you make it” vs. “feel it until it’s familiar.” Create familiarity with how you want to feel by remembering it.

Looking back at a “remembered” success lights up the exact neural pathways of real memories so your brain treats it as real history, not wishful fiction. This gives you conviction (“I’ve done this before”) instead of fragile hope (“maybe one day”).

* if the topic of visualization interests you, listen to this episode on the neuroscience behind the above technique)

2. “I have terrible taste in partners”

I saw a TikTok the other day — a girl in her 20s holding a matcha, clearly upset, saying: “Just broke up with my boyfriend. Got a drink… tastes horrible. Just like my taste in men.” Funny? Kinda. But also... kinda damaging.

Because when you casually say things like “I have terrible taste in men,” your brain listens. The universe listens. Your subconscious takes it seriously, even if you don’t. And from there, it becomes your identity. Your story. Your expectation.

You can’t say “I have horrible taste in partners” and also expect to manifest a healthy relationship. That’s not manifestation, that’s contradiction. You’re rehearsing a story that blocks what you claim to want. It’s like trying to drive to peace while typing chaos into the GPS.

Self-deprecating humor might feel harmless, but if you’re constantly reinforcing the idea that you don’t trust yourself, you’ll subconsciously keep proving yourself right. That’s how repetition becomes reality. Not because you’re cursed but because you’re aligned with the wrong narrative.

You don’t attract better by calling yourself broken. You attract better by believing you’ve grown. That belief doesn’t come from affirmations on your mirror. It comes from the everyday words you say - especially when you're joking, frustrated, or venting.

This is why your emotional vocabulary matters. Saying “I always get hurt” or “I attract the worst people” trains your brain to expect disappointment. But saying “I’ve learned what doesn’t work, I’m ready for what does” opens a new door. That’s alignment.

If you want different, speak different. Healing starts when your words and your desires finally stop contradicting each other. You’re not manifesting outcomes — you’re manifesting identity. So speak from belief. Speak from becoming.

3. FIVE theories about life…

I have a theory that when your intuition pulls you toward something you can’t explain, it’s because your future self left breadcrumbs so you’d know what to do.

I have a theory that if a certain number keeps popping up on license plates, clocks, or pages of a book, the universe is reminding you that good things are on the way.

I have a theory that when you click with someone instantly, it’s because your souls knew each other in a past life and now you’re catching up in this lifetime.

I have a theory that when you spill your coffee, stub your toe, or miss the train you are being cosmically delayed to dodge something worse.

I have a theory that when you feel pulled to set fire to your old life and start over,  it’s your soul finally remembering what it came here to do.

That’s it for today. Thank you for supporting The Opposite of Settling!

- Case Kenny

My name is Case. I believe in the power of perspective.

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