Your Energy Isn’t Inconsistent — It’s Intelligent: A Practical Guide for Manifestors Navigating Urges, Business, and Sustainability
If you’re a Manifestor in business, you’ve probably felt it: The spark. The clarity. The surge of energy that says go now. And then — unexpectedly — the drop. The loss of interest. The exhaustion. The quiet panic of: “Why can’t I keep this going?”
Most Manifestors assume this means something is wrong with them. It doesn’t. The truth is simple and deeply freeing: Your energy isn’t inconsistent. It’s intelligent.
Manifestors are not designed to sustain, maintain, or endlessly build. You’re designed to initiate, to open new paths, to bring ideas into form that didn’t exist before. The problem isn’t your design — it’s the world (and the business structures) that expect you to operate like a Generator.
So this post is not about trying to fix you.
It’s about giving you a practical framework for navigating your urges, your work, your energy, and your business in a way that aligns with your actual mechanics — not the expectations you’ve internalized.
This is the Part 3 to accompany the two podcast episodes:
And now…
Part 3: The Practical, Entrepreneurial Reality of Being a Manifestor.
Let’s begin.
PHASE 1: BEFORE INITIATION
Step 1 — Is This an Urge, an Idea, or a Pressure Reaction?
Manifestors feel movement internally. But not every movement means initiate. Here’s how to tell the difference:
A TRUE URGE feels like:
clear
embodied
internal
immediate
non-negotiable
energizing
directionally obvious
It arises from within, not from external pressure.
AN IDEA feels like:
mental
future-oriented
hypothetical
something you think you “should” do
often comes with planning or perfectionism
Ideas are fine — but they’re not initiations unless they drop into the body and become a surge.
A PRESSURE REACTION feels like:
stress
comparison
money fear
trying to “catch up”
trying to relieve discomfort
urgency without clarity
This is not your strategy — it’s your conditioning.
ASK YOURSELF:
“Where did this come from — my body or my mind?”
“If I wait 24 hours, does it strengthen or disappear?”
“Does my system open or tighten around this?”
If it’s a true urge, move to Step 2.
Step 2 — Who Needs to Be Informed? How Will I Do That?
This is the part Manifestors resist the most — and also the one that frees them the most.
Informing is not about permission. It’s about clearing the field so you can move cleanly.
Ask:
Who will feel this shift?
Who might misinterpret my withdrawal, focus, or silence?
Who needs a one-sentence heads-up so they don’t brace?
Examples:
“Something’s moving in me tonight, I’ll be in my creative cave for a bit.”
“I’m shifting the direction of this project — here’s the new path.”
“I’m about to start something new; I’ll let you know when I come up for air.”
Minimal. Neutral. Effective.
PHASE 2: AFTER INITIATION
This is the place where Manifestors get burned. Because after the urge → surge → initiation, most Manifestors unconsciously assume: “Well… now I have to keep going.”
No, you don’t.
Your job is to start the thing — not to sustain the thing. So here’s the practical framework for the days after you initiate:
Step 3 — Energy Checkpoint: Do I Still Have the Surge?
24–72 hours after beginning something, pause and ask: Do I still have the energy to continue?
If YES → Keep going. You're still in the initiation arc.
If NO → Your part is complete.
There is no moral meaning in that. It does not mean you’re flaky, inconsistent, or unreliable. It means: Your role in the creation has ended.
Generators + MGs are the sustainers. Projectors are the guides. Manifestors are the spark.
Your energy is telling the truth.
Step 4 — If the Energy Is Gone… What Now?
There are three aligned paths:
1. Delegate
Who can take this over? Manifestors should not be:
managing
scheduling
maintaining
troubleshooting
updating websites
editing anything
replying to every email
overseeing operations
doing repetitive tasks
Your job is to cast the vision, start the thing, and then let someone else hold it.
Ask:
Who naturally wants to build?
Who is excited about the maintenance phase?
Who could I hand one small piece to today?
2. Automate
If delegation isn’t possible yet, automation is your next best friend. Automation options:
email sequences
payment workflows
pre-scheduled content
templates
canned responses
auto-booking systems
training videos
evergreen offers
Automation is the Manifestor’s bridge between initiation and rest.
3. Eliminate / Complete / Close
Not everything you start is meant to live. Not everything you initiate is meant to become a business pillar. Some things are meant to exist only long enough to open the next doorway. Ask yourself:
Is this alive or just familiar?
Am I holding this out of guilt or identity?
Is the energy complete?
If it’s complete, end it cleanly — and inform those needed. Completion is not failure. Completion is alignment.
Step 5 — Bridging the Gap (Especially With Financial Pressure)
This is where Manifestors often get stuck: “I can’t stop. I need the money.”
But “stop entirely” is not what your energy is asking for. It’s asking for a bridge — a temporary, sustainable path that honors the truth and the reality of your life. A bridge may include:
finishing the client cycle
simplifying your offer
reducing availability
closing with notice
doing minimum viable delivery
raising prices
shortening timelines
naming an end date
switching to group instead of 1:1
moving to an automated model
Bridging is not betrayal. It’s stewardship of your energy.
PHASE 3: REST & REGENERATION
Rest is not recovery for Manifestors.
Rest is preparation for the next initiation.
When you rest deeply:
your clarity returns
your urge builds beneath the surface
your nervous system resets
your creativity replenishes
your impact sharpens
If you punish yourself for needing rest, you will never access your full power. But if you honour your cycles… everything in your life becomes smoother.
Your job is not to be constant. Your job is to be true.
xx Julie