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Deconstruction

A few days ago I wrote The Perfect Imperfection.

I wrote a blog a day since. This is out of character for me for multiple reasons.

I usually want to review over and over. Change… rearrange continuously… Have someone review and approve. Then review it myself again and again. This can take days or even weeks. And then after weeks, doubt and fear of judgement sets in and I end up not publishing it at all.

After I wrote The Perfect Imperfection, I unconsciously started working on something that came up during one of my classes with my incredible teacher, Christina De Freitas. Deconstruction. Deconstructing some of my thoughts, emotions or some of my traits.

Last few blogs I wrote, I wrote quickly with minimal review and didn’t look for outside approval before publishing.  Slowly deconstructing my quest for perfection and my fear of judgement.

  1. 42 – The answer to everything – I wrote this on my 42th birthday. As simple as what I wrote is, I wouldn’t have published this a few weeks ago out of fear.
  2. No place I’d rather be – This one deconstructed both perfectionism and the fear of judgement. I would normally have taken days to film the perfect scenes and then days or weeks to cut and move pieces. I decided to let go… just go out and start filming. My nephew and I edited it in under an hour. What was important wasn’t really how the video looked, it was the intent and the message behind it. Before publishing the video, I was afraid of what people would think of the message or the result. But I overcame that irrational fear and just did it.
  3. Laser Focus – Here I talk about something I don’t understand well. I feared I would be all wrong in how I understand or explain it. Then, I just didn’t care if it’s right or wrong. It just felt right at the time and I went ahead.

Letting go, not overthinking and deconstructing some of our deep rooted thoughts and emotions is quite liberating.

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Laser Focus

I have been fascinated by the mind and body connection lately. This is all new to me and it’s been very exciting.

During my morning walk I realized music is a catalyst for creativity in my case. If the right song is played at the right time, something happens.

It happened this morning with Lindsey Stirling’s song “The Arena” and that’s when I realized what was truly happening.

I was thinking about the mind and body connection and how mine have been out of tune for a very long time. Something that looks like this:

Lately, I’ve been learning more and more on the topic. I’ve learned to slowly align the two a little better. So I’ve been oscillating between what you see above and this:

This morning I realized that, from time to time, including at that particular moment, this happens:

When this happens, my thoughts and emotions are in tune and I become laser focused. Clarity and creativity set in and I have an infinite range of ideas, solutions, realizations to pick and choose from.

So far, this only happened with the right music and the right timing. When it does, it feels great. I am light as a feather, strong as an ox and laser focused. I feel like I could fly, move mountains and cut through metal.

I can’t wait to explore this more, it feels amazing.

What’s your catalyst?

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No place I’d rather be

We’ve all had to live in confinement over the past few months and we now know how it feels to live inside without much human interactions.

We each experienced it in our own way and it was difficult for most of us at varying degrees of difficulty.

We’re now slowly starting to deconfine, go out and see our friends again.

I was walking and enjoying the beautiful weather last week and started to think about all those that are confined like this year round. Some for weeks, some for months and some for years.

The song “Rather Be” by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne started playing and I thought of a way to bring them with me on one of my next walk. I asked my nephew if I could borrow his camera and decided to film a hike in the woods and take everyone out with me. Thanks to my awesome nephew for his camera and editing the video! It was a fun little project :).

If you know someone who cannot enjoy the outside like we do, share this video with them. Or even better, go visit an area they want to visit or revisit, film your walk, bike ride, etc. and show it to them.

Bring a bit of sunshine in their day!

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We staked out on a mission to find our inner peace

Make it everlasting so nothing’s incomplete

It’s easy being with you, sacred simplicity

As long as we’re together, there’s no place I’d rather be

With every step we take, Kyoto to The Bay

Strolling so casually

…

When I am with you, there’s no place I’d rather be

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42 – The answer to everything

Today I turned 42. Feels like 24.

According to Douglas Adams’s novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 42 is the answer to the “ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything,”.

41 was already pretty intense so if this is true, watch out! Haha!

I feel younger, stronger and much wiser than ever.

You all can feel like this, it’s all about mindset…. 

Move your body, free your mind… Be happy!

“It might seem crazy what I’m ’bout to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care baby by the way
…
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Hey, go, uh
Bring me down, can’t nothin’
Bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothin’ bring me down”

Go get it!

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