Coronation Street's Kimberly Hart-Simpson believes creating a vision board brought on her return to the famous cobbles.
Fans of the ITV soap last saw her character sex worker Nicky Wheatley in September 2020 when she grew close to Daniel Osbourne after the tragic death of his wife Sinead Tinker.
The pair spent time together as Nicky helped widower Daniel to navigate through his grief.
She left to start a new life in Lytham with money stolen by Daniel from vile abuser Geoff Metcalfe.
Next week she's back, and with a huge career change as a teaching assistant at Weatherfield High, which brings her close again to teacher Daniel.
And actress Kimberly believes she brought on her own return to the street through drawing up her goals in life and visualising her comeback.
She explained: "This is not for everyone, but I like vision boards, things that I want in my ife I want to see in front of me on the daily - it gives me direction and purpose.
"On the day of getting the call about Corrie, I’d just done a vision board of the 10 things that I want in my life in general, and Corrie went back on there, and I pinned it up and I wrote the reason.
"I wrote what it would feel like, how I got the call, what would happen next and who I told first - this is all part of something I read online."
She continued: "I did that, and within two hours I got the call to see whether I wanted to go back! "Whether that be the power of my boards, I don’t know, but I think that solidified me, having that vision.
"I make no secret of the fact that this is where I want to be in life.
"I love this show, and this has been by far the best job I’ve ever had."
Nicky is set to be a love rival to Daniel's new girlfriend Daisy Midgeley after they recently rekindled their on-off secret romance.
And Kimberly hints they could come to blows.
She said: "I think it’s going to be spicy. I think that this is when Corrie is at its absolute fiery best - two women and somebody in between that."
She added about the two women: "They share similar traits and that will be really interesting how that works out.
"But I think she might see Daisy as catnip to be fair, like 'down little girl.'
"But it will be really, really good to see that."
Kimberly arrived as Nicky in Corrie in June 2020.
Nicky came into Daniel's life when his nephew Adam Barlow decided it was time for him to get out and about following the death of Sinead from cervical cancer in October 2019.
The pair hit it off at a drinks reception but Daniel was shocked to realise she was charging for his time when he asked to see her again.
But he decided to meet up with her in a hotel and paid her £220 as he opened up to her about missing his late wife.
He paid her to wear his wife's clothes and it soon became clear that Daniel had feelings for her, urging her to quit her life as a sex worker.
