I lost my wallet in Bali 🌴

I went to Singapore and Bali 🌴 for 2+ weeks and managed to stay healthy through 2 huge live in-person events, jet-lag and island food. 

But I did manage to lose my wallet. 

Like panicking, sweating, 'what am I going to do, I had all my credit/debit cards and cash' type of lost my wallet feeling. 

And I didn't even know it was lost for HOURS. 

Hours of having a great time by the pool, taking 'influencer' type pictures and joking to my friend that "I had arrived".

Fast-forward to when the bill came and I was frantically dumping out my bag searching hopelessly for my card holder and it being no where in sight. 

My stomach dropped and I ran to the bathroom. It was the only place I had been other than the pool and I knew my wallet wasn't in the water 😅

So I go back to the stall I had changed in and looked everywhere, near the loo, around the floor, tracing my steps back to our table. 

Nowhere. 

WTF was I going to do, I was 7,747 miles away from London 🇬🇧  8 hours in the future and had used up my phone's sim data plan I had bought at the airport. 

My mind was racing in every direction and I knew I needed to get my thoughts under control. 

Panic and fear close down your creativity and I needed to get creative to figure out what to do next. 

I saw our server and I breathlessly whispered, "Where is the lost and found?"

She kindly asked me what I lost and ashamedly I whimpered my wallet. 

She briskly took off toward the front and I followed her desperately with my eyes trying to read their lips at the reception desk.  

Our server came back with a small grin, asked me my whole name and then told me to go speak to the front desk. 

I ran, (kinda galloped as it was a fancy & cool place and I didn't want to draw attention to myself but wanted to get there as fast as I could to hear my fate)

Before I could even get there I was saying my name and praying someone had turned it in. 

Guess what?

Some kind soul found my wallet from when I changed in the washroom and brought it up to the main desk. 

I was saved. 

The whole incident must have been less than 5 minutes from when I realized it was missing, my friend didn't even have time to get back from the bathroom before I had secured my wallet and she was confused why I didn't tell her it was lost. Haha but I didn't even know myself until I was going to pick up the bill. 

Morale of the story?

Nervous system regulation and staying present. 

I was so enthralled that I had finally manifested a beach club in Bali 🌴 

A dream that has been YEARS in the making. I was distracted by thoughts of: 

"Wow this is so cool!"

"Do I even belong here?" 

"What if I do something stupid and get kicked out?" (they have strict security and had already taken away my emergency Pringle stash)

Because I was in my head, and not present, I changed clothes and didn't check my surroundings. I left behind my wallet and almost ruined my trip by being too 'in-my-head'

My manifestion teacher has a technique where you ground yourself and normalize your manifestation. This regulates your nervous system to feel safe instead of fight or flight.

Through grounding and noramlizing your new up-level, you train your brain to feel safe and that this new experience is 'just your life now' and not to be alarmed.

Next time I am in Bali 🌴 (already making plans to go back) I will be sure to ground myself, pay attention and get out of my head when I feel that mix of excitement and exuberance, mixed with not really fitting in.

Finally getting something that has been on my vision board for so long came with it's ups and downs and I wouldn't trade losing my wallet (and thankfully finding it again) for anything. 

Hit reply and let me know what you are in the process of manifesting in your life or business! 

Best, 
Rachel x

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. If you want to see more travel content and Bali pics from the beach club I lost my wallet at (shoutout Potato Head 😅) then click here and follow @rach.travels.yay