The Prosperity Game: Feel Wealthy First

The Prosperity Game is exactly that — a game. Each day an imaginary bundle of money lands in your account, larger than the day before, and your only job is to spend it in your mind. It won't fill your real wallet. What it trains is something subtler: the feeling of having enough.

How the game is played

The version taught by Abraham-Hicks is simple. On day one you receive a modest imaginary sum. Each following day the amount doubles — or grows generously — and you must spend the whole thing before you sleep. You write down what you'd buy, in detail, and let yourself feel the delight of buying it.

Because the numbers keep doubling, you quickly run out of things to buy for yourself and start dreaming bigger — a home, a trip for the whole family, a gift that changes someone's year. The point of the escalation isn't greed; it's to stretch your imagination past its usual ceiling of “what's reasonable”.

Why practising the feeling matters

Abraham-Hicks frames this through emotion: they argue we attract experiences that match how we habitually feel, so the work is to feel abundant on purpose. Whether or not you take the metaphysics literally, the psychology holds up on its own. Chronic money-worry keeps the nervous system in scarcity — tight, defensive, tunnel-visioned around lack.

Deliberately imagining abundance, in vivid and pleasurable detail, interrupts that loop. It's a small mood-repair exercise dressed as play: for a few minutes you feel expansive instead of pinched. And from a calmer, more open state, people tend to think more creatively and take smarter action — which is where any real change actually begins.

Getting the most from it

The game works to the degree that you actually feel it. A dry list of purchases changes nothing; a scene you can taste does the work. So slow down on each item — picture it, notice who's with you, let the small rush of joy land before you move on.

1. 1Receive today's imaginary bundle and decide to spend all of it before the day ends.
2. 2Buy things you genuinely want — and picture each one until you feel the pleasure of having it.
3. 3When you run out of ideas for yourself, spend on people you love and on causes you believe in.
4. 4Notice how you feel after — lighter, more generous. That state is the whole prize.
5. 5Come back tomorrow with a bigger sum, and let your dreaming grow to meet it.

Hold it lightly

This is a feeling practice, not a financial plan. It won't pay a bill, and it isn't a substitute for budgeting, earning, or asking for help when money is genuinely tight. Enjoy it for what it is — a daily few minutes of ease and imagination — and let any real decisions live in the real world, where they belong.

Try it now

Here's today's bundle. Spend all of it on whatever would delight you — and let yourself feel it as you go.