How I Manifested $100,000 and Moved to Hawaii
(Continued from Part 1: If You’re Fantasizing About a Different Life, Become Someone Willing to Risk Having It
Months prior to the Gary Vee and Tony Robbins event in May 2018, imposter syndrome about my dream to move to Hawaii and become a writer was paralyzing me, so I decided to fake it until I make it.
I Googled Oahu real estate agents and emailed Agnes, who was regularly featured on HGTV’s Hawaii Life. I confidently typed out that I was moving to Hawaii at the end of that year and gave her a price range that was a terrifying amount over my actual budget. If I were going to fake it, I would go hard on all aspects. We arranged a time to have a conversation about the specifics.
After we talked, she set me up on a weekly email alert for new listings. I felt like such a fraud because I couldn’t afford any of them, and it would probably be years before I actually moved to Hawaii.
After the event, when my manager gave me permission to work remotely in Hawaii, I was walking around with an extra pep in my step, so proud of myself for having the courage to ask him.
But because I was so convinced that he was going to say no, I hadn’t really thought about the aftermath of the conversation. I was free to move 4,000 miles away to Hawaii and keep my corporate job, but I was frozen with fear.
I had no idea what the next step was, and the thought of actually moving was so terrifying that I didn’t do anything.
For weeks.
Then, one day, as I was coming home, I ran into a neighbor in the hallway of my building. As we were chatting, I decided to be bold and speak out loud that I was moving to Hawaii and needed to sell my condo. It may not seem like much, but that was the first time I had told anybody other than my manager, and admitting it to someone else was way more anxiety-inducing than I could have imagined.
To my surprise, she replied, “My best friend’s mom is a real estate agent! Do you want me to text you her info?”
Like an addict that can’t just have one hit, the nudge of momentum was intoxicating, and I wanted more. Not only did I text her best friend’s mom to get an estimate on my condo, I also opened Microsoft Excel to do the math on the move.
I knew that if I moved, I needed to be all in on the decision, otherwise at any point, I could easily chicken out. To prove to myself how all in I was, I decided to commit to buying a condo immediately once I moved.
However, my brain was fixated on the budget that I gave to Agnes because I liked a lot of the condos I received in my weekly email because they would allow me to maintain the same standard of living that I had in Chicago.
After running the numbers in Excel, my stomach dropped. I needed about $90,000 more than I actually had to afford one of those condos.
In a move that was completely out of character for that era of my life, I didn’t get dejected. It made me more determined.
Up until that point, I had been playing a victim of life. I thought that life was happening to me, and I was helpless against it. But at that moment, my desire was the only thing that mattered to me. I didn’t care if it took several more years, I decided that I was going to find a way to come up with the money.
decide
[dih-sahyd]/ dɪˈsaɪd /
Origin of decide
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English deciden, from Middle French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, literally, “to cut off,” equivalent to dē- de- + -cīdere (combining form of caedere “to strike, cut down”; see -cide ( def. ))
Dictionary.com. (n.d.). Resilience. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved May 27, 2026, from dictionary.com
The word decide literally means to cut off any other alternative. I now understand things like the reticular activating system and quantum physics, but at that time, all I knew was that I was laser-focused on $90k every moment of my waking life.
I would meditate and visualize myself in my new Hawaii condo. I visualized myself driving my red convertible in Hawaii. I made a vision board of my Hawaii life and hung it in my laundry closet so I could see it every day. I read books about money, manifestation, and money manifestation. I started treating money like a relationship instead of a transaction.
I started following Instagram accounts of people who lived in Hawaii and were doing the things that I wanted to do. I subscribed to local Hawaii magazines. I listened to Hawaiian music. I called for moving quotes for shipping my furniture and car. I started researching gyms and all the local things I would need once I got there, and imagined myself going to those places.
I truly believed in my soul that I was going to move to Hawaii. And that’s where the magic happened.
Within six months, I manifested around $100,000.
But it wasn’t a sudden windfall. The first chunk was from an unexpected raise and bonus from my job. The second portion wasn’t realized until I sold my condo, but despite only owning my Chicago condo for four years, the market value was over $40,000 more than what I paid when I bought it.
The third piece, I truly believe, was a gift from my dad.
When he died, he didn’t have a will, which wasn’t a huge deal because he didn’t have much money. I had to hire an estate attorney to manage his estate and probate. The attorney explained the probate process, and very early on, it was clear that there wouldn’t be any money left over for me, the beneficiary of the estate.
The only asset he had was his house, which he had a loan against, so even once sold, the profit would only be around $40k. However, he also had $40k in credit card debt from Chase Bank. The probate process took over a year, and the entire time, I wasn’t expecting even a penny.
After I sold his house, the estate attorney contacted Chase Bank to pay the debt and settle probate. For whatever reason, still unknown to this day, Chase waived the debt. As the beneficiary of my dad’s estate, I was given the $40k balance.
In terms of an inheritance, it’s very modest, but $40k is $40k, and that was the remaining balance that I needed to get to my $100k goal.
I moved to Hawaii in November 2018, only six months after the Gary Vee and Tony Robbins event, when I had decided that I was going to move to Hawaii and be a writer.
Transformation doesn’t begin when certainty arrives. It begins the moment you decide your desire matters more than your fear.
I used to think brave people felt certain and didn’t feel fear.
But now I think bravery is making a decision while your hands are still shaking and you feel like you are going to throw up.
Fear isn’t always a warning sign. Sometimes it’s evidence that your life is trying to grow beyond the limits you’ve accepted for yourself.
And the hardest part of changing your life isn’t logistics. It’s the identity shift, and grieving the version of you who learned to stay safe.
Because every big life change asks for an identity shift before it gives you the reward.
You have to become someone willing to risk disappointment, judgment, uncertainty, and failure before your life can expand.
The moment I stopped being someone life happened to was the moment my life finally started changing.
The life you want is waiting for you to become the version of you who’s finally willing to risk having it.
Glow Tip:
This is something simple you can start implementing in your day-to-day life.
The next time you feel the urge to talk yourself out of something you deeply want, when your brain starts listing every reason it’s unrealistic, every way it could go wrong, every person who might judge you for wanting it, pause and ask yourself:
Is this actually logic? Or is this just the version of me who learned to stay safe?
And then ask:
What would the version of me who already made the leap do next?
Then make ONE move from that identity.
Not because you feel ready, have proof it will work, or because you are suddenly bold and confident. But because you decide that your desire matters more than your doubt.
So you:
• stop waiting until you “earn” rest, pleasure, luxury, ease, or support through exhaustion, burnout, self-sacrifice, and emotional depletion first
• move to the city, sign up for the class, go to the event alone, or buy the plane ticket before your comfort zone convinces you that familiarity is the same thing as happiness
• stop watering yourself down to stay emotionally digestible for people who benefit from the version of you that never asks for anything
• become someone who trusts her own inner voice more than the opinions of people who are deeply unqualified to lead the life you actually want
• stop consuming endless podcasts, self-help books, manifestation videos, and “how to become her” content while refusing to make a single decision that would actually require becoming her
• stop treating every purchase that brings you joy like you need to submit a formal written justification to the Department of Financial Guilt
Because abundance is not just about money. It’s about becoming the kind of person who stops waiting to fully participate in their own life. And when you start moving that way, your entire reality starts responding differently.
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Angie Hawkins is The Inner Glow Coach who helps successful on paper women expand their inner and outer wealth, so their life finally feels as good as it looks.
Angie brings over 20 years of corporate experience with a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. She transitioned from a high-powered IT Finance Operations role at a large global company to pursue her calling as an Inner Glow coach and emotional empowerment leader.
She works with women who’ve read Think and Grow Rich, keep booking Bali retreats, or affirm “I am abundant” in the mirror, but are still stuck between knowing information and making actual change.
Through her signature GLOW Method, combining identity work, practical money strategy, and real-time action, she helps them build fierce self-trust so they can confidently earn, handle, and grow their money, and finally make the bold moves they’ve been talking themselves out of.
She is the author of Running in Slippers, a raw and vulnerable memoir about finding resilience after emotional rock bottom.
Angie has moved from Chicago to Hawaii on her own, jumped out of a helicopter and into the ocean Navy SEAL-style, bungee jumped, skydived, and cliff jumped, yet is still terrified about allowing herself to be seen.
