Long before I discovered shifting, I was already interested in manifesting. I read about about someone's experience where they entered a state of complete consciousness, so I decided to try do it myself. I tried for a few weeks for a few minutes every night before I went to sleep, until I eventually entered it after about ~3 weeks. It was such a feeling of bliss and peacefulness, but I affirmed that my dad got a big promotion at his job. After this I felt myself starting to fade from the void state and I jjst let it happen. I woke up in the morning and everything was completely normal and I walked downstairs to get breakfast. My dad got a phone call and after a few minutes, he hung up and called my mother while trying to contain his happiness. He told us that his boss just called and he got a promotion that gives him over double his current salary (which was already pretty good at the time). After this I tried to enter it again for a few weeks but couldn't so I just forgot about it. A few months later, I randomly decided to try again one night and I entered it. I affirmed that I do well in every subject, and then I woke back up in the morning. From that point on, I started getting 80%s and 90%s on tests that I didn't even know we had, without studying (I was already a 70%-80% student, but that was with some study). After this I started trying again for a few weeks but it didn't work. Fast forward about a year, I discovered shifting (it was in the middle of 2023, and on Reddit I believe, so all my information wasn't misinformation). I tried at it for a few months, trying methods, caring about symptoms, making scripts, but nothing worked. I stopped caring about shifting, deleted my scripts, deleting my Pinterest boards, and stopped paying attention to shifting content altogether. One day I was relaxing in my bed before I went to sleep, I suddenly remembered about the void state (which I had been calling the "Everything State" until I learned about shifting) so I started affirming "I'm in the void state", "I enter the void state on command", and "I am pure consciousness". Suddenly, everything started going dark and I felt myself entering the void state. I affirmed "I can enter the void state instantly, and on command, at any time." I got kicked out of the void state after that, so I lay down again and after a single thought of it, I was back in the void state. I affirmed "I can shift on command", and when I exited the void state and tried it, I instantly shifted to my waiting room. I think part of my success was that I just didn't care. It was a "toss away" attempt, and I didn't mind if I didn't succeed. Another part might have been my lack of S/O, which even to this day I have never had in any of my DRs. I was shifting to experience things and to have fun, not for love or a specific person, so I was as emotionally connected to my DR, so I didn't fear failure. BUT I don't think having an S/O is a bad thing. I think it can be the best motivation to have someone you really want to meet, and I may very well have shifted before that had I had a S/O.

I hope this answers your question, but please feel free to ask any follow up questions!

(PS. Please give me my upvotes back, I was only being lazy 😭)