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Stumbled into the most ingenious coffee shop right outside of Korea town on Broadway. Many themes in the shop refer to some of your favorite games. Plus the organic, artsy vibe it's giving off takes me to this place in between Savannah and NYC. Figuratively of course, not quite North Carolina. Thank you for the hospitality and new friendship.
-Instead of saying "sorry", try a different word. No need to come off as so apologetic all the time, especially when you could just say "hi" or "excuse me" instead.
-The big font on my phone screen does make me feel matured initially, but boy do they make seeing/comprehending a lot quicker.
-The best things in life aren't always free. Sometimes you have to lose a little money to learn what the best things are. --Like not playing for a mac on quibids.
-Eat breakfast. I've gone years without making it a priority and now it may finally be catching up on me.
-Asking for help is not a bad thing. Everyone is going to think you are doing just great if you do not ask.
-Manage to wake up earlier to work on a project. My goal time is 5:30. There's something good about working on something you want to do, that you spend the day thinking about, not getting to it because you are tired when you get home, but managing to squeeze it in, in the a.m. that is rewarding. Also, I was reading an article how you shouldn't use a computer that early--which is true, because time seems to go so much faster bee-lining around the web--but I feel my email's are so much more effective then.
-The big thing on so many brands minds now is how can I evolve to stay relevant, how can I make myself desirable to the market of today since my past market is maturing, or how can I cater to that same customer at the age they are now. Just something I've been thinking a lot about, because you as a person, as a music artist, or average joe, do have some innate desire to be somehow relevant. Note: Desire is a big/key term at the moment.
-Frequented websites this month: themuse.com, Forbes.com, LinkedIn.com, Wawak.com (sewing supplies), Topman.com
-Be patient, be dedicated, try
It's always good having moments where I feel like I am coming back down to earth. Especially now.
The most interesting thing to growing is watching yourself change. Approximately each month, once or twice a month, an employee sale would roll around. And over time, something that used to be so easy to resist, became so irresistible. I would begin to plan out what I would get during the next one. My "goals" per say would become new items, clothes, branded scented aqua, all temporary things. And during times when my feet would touch the floor again, I would feel kind of sad. My real goals, my real dreams/ambitions started to seem less important and less realistic and so in its place I would put very real material things. A moto jacket can come with the dream, but shouldn't be the whole dream.
As with any journey, you learn things, about yourself, about the world, and you keep going forward, searching for your treasure. Something much more valuable, something much more true, something that can really bloom.
For now, there is lasagna to enjoy and company to enjoy it with. Much success Miguel.
On a softer note, we had each other. And really I always have them --And really they always make life more bearable, or better... more worth it. Thanks for keeping my head up above water, above snow.
How easy it is to log on and recall when not so good things happen, when on the flip side, on the real side, there are so many good things to celebrate. And it's so good to feel happy, and realize you feel happy. Good thing we have pictures.
Happy New Year Friends. So good to have another shot at those resolutions. Really, everyday's another shot. To another year of learning and meeting brilliant friends. Best best wishes.
On reading memos to myself: 'Stop trying to plan everything out, it's officially weird.'
'Later' is almost never the better time to choose to do something. If you see an opportunity, even if it is little, it maybe wider than it will be later. I plan out EVERYTHING. Actually, almost, because a lot of the time I am not planning out the things that even matter. I'm just planning the words I will say to someone, the tone in my voice, if I work out this many days a week I may get married by 2025. Haha. But I'm not planning out how to demolish my student loan and cc in the smallest time segment possible. Yet weirdly I feel like I am prioritizing. Ignore me. I'm grateful for all the opportunities that arrive my way and may I grab each of them even when I don't feel so ready. Just get it.
Just checking into heaven. #ChristianLacroix
My 2015, this time next year, will we be also be saying, "My how quickly this year flew by"? How brightly we anticipated '14. And she's still with us, still shining. 2015 might I not enter only with desire, but with the wisdom to make every moment be and feel one-of-a-kind. That I not only seek moments that take my breath away, but immerse myself in the moments where I already feel that way. That I look upon every day as a day with opportunity glistening between the mundane. And that I get ever so stronger when things don't go the way I wish, and that I see those happenings happened for the better.
Thank you lovely, lovely ladies!! What a sweet scent the new year brings.
All in all this year is spectacular. I have still yet to get over how magnificent our apartment is, and how warm this season has made it. I've learned and experienced so many new feelings thanks to all of you I am meeting along the way. I also feel more energized than I did previously before. Mostly I must remember to not close myself off to all the good things that could happen just because they don't seem in line with the plans I imagined for myself. Go with the flow, be smart, be bright.
My big realization: a tendency to grasp at things when I get a bite. And that kind of attitude doesn't lead to any thing good for the parties involved. I want to protect the butterflies that land on my hand, not swish them, or ignore them.
I am standing on the train and notice someone looking over and so I look over too. When the seat in front opens I slide into it and they slide into the spot next to me. We go a few stops and notice them smiling again, so in a moment of unexpected boldness, I ask what they are smiling about and if I missed something funny. In the conversation to follow I ask if they grew up in New York. After the 'no' I actually thought would be a 'yes', they follow with, "guess". And I am just thinking, "The world is so big, how could I possibly guess". Reflecting on those words later, my, how profound that is. They could really be from any where in the world, and the world really is so big. So many awesome people are out there I have never met before. So many people we are compatible with and can effect each other in extraordinary ways. They say, "Cyprus". So there's really no need to grasp. There really are "many fish in the sea" and many opportunities to make connections. You've just have to have these moments of boldness, no matter how awkward, to say hello.
“Have you ever had that feeling—that you’d like to go to a whole different place and become a whole different self?”
― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
