A four-word phrase is circulating on TikTok with thousands of users claiming it shifted their mindset, their luck, and their daily outlook in ways they didn’t expect.

Affirmations have been around long enough to earn a degree of skepticism. Telling yourself the mantra ‘I am worthy’ in a mirror before work is a well-worn ritual that works for some people and feels hollow to others. But a phrase circulating heavily on TikTok takes a slightly different approach, and the distinction is worth paying attention to.

The mantra is ‘show me how good it gets,’ and unlike a standard affirmation, it operates less like a statement and more like an open question directed outward. It is not telling yourself something is true. It is asking what might be possible.

What makes this one different

Most affirmations are declarative. You state something about yourself or your situation that you want to believe. ‘Show me how good it gets’ flips that structure entirely. It does not claim anything. It invites.

TikTok creator Laura Ann Moore, who helped push the phrase into wider circulation, has described the logic behind it in simple terms. The brain cannot generate every possible outcome on its own. The mantra functions as a kind of release valve, a way of stepping back from the limits of what you can currently imagine and acknowledging that the range of what’s possible is wider than your planning mind can access.

That framing of the mantra gives the phrase a flexibility that most affirmations lack. It works whether you’re anxious about something specific or just moving through an ordinary Tuesday and wondering if things could feel different.

The TikTok creator accounts behind it

Creator Chloe Gaynor has talked about the mantra in terms of attention, specifically how what you focus on tends to expand in your perception. Repeating something that orients your brain toward abundance rather than scarcity changes what you notice throughout the day. The mantra lands in a similar territory to what has been called ‘lucky girl syndrome’ on the platform, the idea that expecting good things to happen creates the conditions in which you’re more likely to recognize them when they do.

Creator Simonne Lee has recommended repeating the phrase daily for 21 consecutive days, citing the general principle that consistent repetition reshapes mental patterns over time. She also suggests variations. ‘Show me how easy it can be’ or ‘show me how much fun I can have’ follow the same open-ended structure and can be tailored to whatever area of life you’re focusing on.

What people say happens when they use it

The anecdotal results circulating on TikTok range from modest to genuinely strange. Creator Vinyasa with Val incorporated the phrase into her nightly routine and has credited it with a noticeable uptick in her platform following and an unexpected invitation to teach yoga abroad. A friend, she mentioned, found five pairs of Manolo Blahnik shoes at a thrift store for $10, all in her size. Creator Amy V. Jack described a free, spontaneous tire change for her car shortly after adopting the mantra.

These are the kinds of stories that are easy to dismiss and difficult to fully ignore. The skeptical read is confirmation bias. The more generous read is that a brain oriented toward noticing good things tends to notice more of them, and that noticing more of them changes what you do next, which changes what happens after that.

Neither explanation requires you to believe the universe is listening. Both suggest the mantra might be worth trying anyway.

How to actually use it

The barrier to entry is low. Say the phrase when you wake up. Say it before something you’re nervous about. Say it before bed. Say it on a walk when nothing in particular is happening. The consistency matters more than the timing.

The phrase does not require belief to begin with. That is arguably its most practical feature. You do not have to be convinced it will work before you start. The repetition itself is the experiment, and 21 days is a short enough window that running the test costs almost nothing.

If your current relationship with affirmations is one of polite indifference, ‘show me how good it gets’ is at least a more interesting starting point than most. It asks a question instead of making a claim. That alone makes it harder to dismiss.