Tiny Abundance: The First Signs You’re Coming Back to Life
You don’t wake up one morning suddenly glowing, rested, healed, and ready to become the main character again.
(If only.)
Coming back to life after burnout, trauma, survival mode, or years of emotional masking is weirder than anyone warns you. It’s quieter. Wonkier. Much more non-linear.
Tiny abundance isn’t about money or manifestations raining from the sky.
It’s about noticing the smallest flickers of aliveness returning—so small you’ll talk yourself out of believing they matter.
But they do.
They’re everything.
They’re the cracks where your spark crawls back in.
Here are the first signs you’re slowly, subtly, beautifully coming back to life—Following Sparks-style.
🌟 1. You Start Wanting Stupidly Small Things
Not big dreams.
Not life plans.
Not ~long-term goals~ (ew).
Just tiny wants.
“I want to listen to that one song again.”
“I want to sit in the sun for a minute.”
“I want iced coffee today.”
“I want to try using the cute notebook instead of the boring one.”
When you’ve been numb or overloaded, wanting anything—no matter how microscopic—is a spiritual event.
Tiny want = nervous system thawing.
This is abundance in embryo form.
🌟 2. You Notice a Flicker of ‘Oh… That Felt Good’
Not a lot of good.
Not sustained good.
Not social-media-post-worthy good.
Just…
one
honest
moment
of
“oh.”
The breeze hits your face.
A sentence in a book sparks something.
You laugh at a meme.
You take a deep breath and it actually registers.
This is your system saying:
“Wait… do we like being alive? Huh. Interesting.”
It’s a spark.
A tiny abundance.
And it counts.
🌟 3. You’re Annoyed… Instead of Numb
This one feels counterintuitive, but listen:
Numbness = emotional shutdown
Annoyance = emotional reboot
Annoyed is better than nothing.
Annoyed means your emotional lights are flickering back on.
If you suddenly can’t tolerate chaos, noise, certain people, or emotional weight?
Your inner spark is waking up and saying:
“Nope. Not doing this anymore.”
Annoyed is a sign of life.
🌟 4. Little Memories of Who You Used to Be Start Slipping Through
Out of nowhere, you remember:
a hobby
a past version of yourself
a joy you forgot existed
a dream you abandoned
a way you used to express yourself
It’s like finding old Polaroids at the back of your mind.
This is tiny abundance.
It’s your identity stretching its legs after a long hibernation.
🌟 5. Your Brain Starts Whispering ‘What If…’
Not the catastrophic “what if.”
The spark kind.
“What if I tried that?”
“What if I chose differently?”
“What if something good actually happens?”
“What if I gave myself a little more space?”
This is the quietest sign of hope.
Blink and you’ll miss it.
But your spark is trying to get your attention.
🌟 6. You Notice Synchronicities or ‘Weird Coincidences’
Science brain says: “Random.”
Spark brain says: “LOL okay universe, I see you.”
Tiny abundance often shows up as:
seeing the same symbol repeatedly
a topic showing up everywhere
a person reaching out at the right moment
a feeling of “this is for me”
an inner nudge
You don’t need to be “high vibe” to experience these.
They happen when you’re softly re-entering your own life.
🌟 7. You Start Caring About Your Space… Just a Little
Not a full Marie Kondo makeover.
Just:
moving one cup
clearing one corner
lighting a candle
opening a window
putting your food on a nice plate
This is functional abundance.
Not glamorous.
Not aesthetic.
But energetically huge.
It means:
“I want my world to feel 1% better.”
And that’s spark work.
🌟 8. You Catch Yourself Imagining a Future (Even a Small One)
Not a five-year plan.
Not a Pinterest vision board.
Just a single future moment:
“Maybe next weekend I’ll…”
“I think I’d like to try…”
“One day I want to…”
Future-imagination is a sign of regulation.
When you can imagine tomorrow without flinching, your spark is returning.
✨ So What Do You Do With These Signs?
You don’t try to amplify them.
You don’t try to turn them into productivity.
You don’t pressure yourself to “keep the momentum.”
You notice them.
You honor them.
You claim them as evidence that your spark isn’t gone — just covered.
Tiny abundance is real.
And it’s already happening in you.
Let these signs be your proof.
Let them be enough.
✨ Want a Tool to Track These Spark Shifts?
The Spark Wheel is perfect for noticing your tiny abundance moments, glimmers, and spark shifts in a visual, low-pressure way.
You could also use:
Permission to Pause Journal (for noticing ease)
Leapbook (for synchronicities + micro wins)
The Spark Tracker: A Daily Logbook for Catching Tiny Shifts (my Amazon Affiliate Link)
Of course, a scrap piece of paper or your favorite notes app will work too. Just find a way to bring your attention to these tiny little flickers and record them to keep them real.
