I think the answer to the essence of your question has already been well presented here i.e. don't worry about it, just feel good, follow your inspirations and the universe is abundant and unlimited enough to automatically take care of the details - including any apparent scheduling conflicts.

Instead, I'd like to address your title question as a standalone concept...

Does anyone prepare "materially" for a manifestation that you know is going to happen?

Over the past couple of years, I've become quite enamored with an idea that I first heard from Eben Pagan, a former dating guru that some may recognize under another name.

I thought I would use this opportunity just to highlight it here in case others find it an interesting and valuable alternative approach to traditional action-taking (goal-setting) ideas.

The idea is that of Inevitability Thinking.

Here is Mr Pagan explaining the idea himself:

• Eben Pagan's Inevitability Thinking
  
• Eben Pagan's Inevitability Thinking - Continued (only the first minute)

The basic idea is that rather than take action with the direct intent to bring about a particular goal or result in your life, you just take actions that make the goal or result inevitable.

It's a subtle, but important, vibrational shift in mental attitude.

It basically helps you honor your belief system as regards what actions you believe need to be taken towards helping a physical manifestation come about while still keeping yourself non-resistant to having those actions directly manifest that outcome.

With Inevitability Thinking, you are not trying to make something happen with action, you are taking actions that will allow what you want to just naturally occur by itself.

It's like a gardener planting a seed and letting it grow naturally. The gardener doesn't force the seed to grow, s/he just provides a suitable environment (watering/weeding the soil etc) for the natural process to unfold itself.

Hi @lozenge123,

I don't have experience to share about manifesting on a time schedule - I haven't got that far, personally, but I am seeing something in your questions that you may want to reconsider.

It seems that you may be taking a limited view of the Universe's ability to deal with the details. It is the feeling you are manifesting, the essence of your desire, and the Universe has billions of ways to bring it to you, so why shouldn't you have it all? :)

If you want the job, why not take it and the vacation? If you want to go to the wedding, why not move out of the country and come back for a fun visit to attend the wedding?

The details of how this could occur are not your concern anyway, so why limit yourself? It's as easy to manifest a castle as it is a button. :)

Take inspired action. And don't limit the how, when, who, where. Be open to all possibilities. Say yes to the wedding, understanding that you may be out of the country by then, or you may meet the opportunity to live in another country at the wedding. If the job feels right to you, accept it with the understanding that you may be taking a vacation soon, and maybe the job will provide the opportunity to take this vacation.

So take inspired action being open to all possibilities and don't set limits on the who, where, how, and when. Enjoy whatever you decide to do and have faith that things will be great. Be excited for new opportunities while enjoying the present.

Edit: To address the title question: Does anybody prepare...? Sometimes. The other day, my friend was over and my son was being dexterous with his fingers, so she suggested he learn the guitar. I never asked him if he wanted to, it was late and he went to bed. Then next day I did't see him before I left to get my client.

I took my client to Goodwill, and there was a nice guitar case with a book all new looking. I thought about getting it, but we didn't have a guitar and I didn't know if my son was going to be interrested in playing one. So I didn't get the case.

On the way to take my client home, I saw a yard sale and felt a pull to stop. I took my client home first, and went back. There was a guitar in great condition with a flimsy case. I tried to call my son to ask him if he wanted it, but I couln't get in touch with him. So I offered the guy half the asking price since I didn't even know if my son would want it. He didn't even hesitate. So I bought it and brought it home. My son saw it in the living room and asked who's it was. I said it was his. He said, "Cool, I wanted one after Amina mentioned it." The next day he said he didn't like the case though. So we went to Goodwill and the nice case was gone. Had I taken the inspired action, he would have the case too. So I listened to one hunch and not the other. However, if I knew he was interrested in playing, I would have gotten the case in faith that the guitar would show up.

There are many examples in the Bible of this very thing. Moses in the desert telling his people to dig ditches! They were tired, hungry, thirsty, there wasn't a cloud to be seen in the sky and yet Mosses was telling them God said to dig ditches. God said though there be no clouds now we should dig and he will fill those with Manna and Water. They dug their ditches and the ditches were filled as God promised.

In the movie Facing The Giants there was a talk of two farmers. Both prayed for rain, one prepared his fields for the coming rain. The other waited to see if it would rain first before preparing. God answered the one that prepared his field because he had faith that the other farmer lacked.

When Jesus prayed he always thanked God before the event of the granted prayer as if it had already happened.

The preparing is the faith that this is coming now and "We had better be ready to receive it!"

Waiting to see if God answers our prayer has no faith at all, it is waiting for the event to happen, or (I'll believe it when I see it!) We are blessed when we believe after witnessing a blessing. But anyone can believe after they see results that is not creating but waiting to see what happens. But when we do not see results and prepare because we know we will have results, we are fully expecting results!

Then oh what great faith this is!

This sounds similar to an allowing process from the book law of attraction.When I read it I instantly liked it an applied it.Im sure it contributed to the manifestation.

Here is the process.

CREATE A VOID OR A VACUUM

A void or a vacuum is always waiting to be filled. As an example, lets say your looking for more clients.By making a space in your filing cabinet for new clients, even by labelling some empty file folders with the words "Next new client," it does two things-it sets the intention that you want to attract new clients and it also creates a void to be filled. Saying "Im waiting for new clients," or "I have only a few clients," can be rephrased as "I have room and space for new clientele". Do you hear how optimistic that sounds? Does it feel better?

Some voids can be created intentionally. For example, go to your daytimer and enter this on your calender, "New client here," or "New appointment goes here," or "Sales happen here".Now you have created the void and intention to attract those things. When you look at your calender you will be reminded of your intention of what you want to attract in those time slots, thus giving it more attention, energy and focus.

The other kind of void is unintentional. Its when a client cancels. When a client cancels, most people will complain or worry about too much time focusing on the cancellation and giving it negative attention.You can change the vibration by saying "I have just created a void to attract a new client or " I've just created some more room for another project in my business." Now thats Allowing.