One principle my mentors have taught me along my journey has been being able to draw a line in the sand, step over it and just keep moving forward. I was reminded of this as I stumbled upon a document, I made at the end of 2020, detailing my goals for 2021. “Oh boy, hereContinue reading “It ain’t over till it’s over baby!”
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Hey excuses, you’re not invited where I’m going!
I cannot desire growth and keep my excuses too. One thing the growth mindset exposed to me about myself was how often I used my lack of ability as an excuse. As soon as I started on the path of growth, the question that kept on persisting was this: How do you know you aren’tContinue reading “Hey excuses, you’re not invited where I’m going!”
My greatest power lies in the softest parts of my heart
When I see myself today some words that come to mind are: tender, soft, delicate, gentle, feminine. Those are not words I would have wanted to be associated with me at earlier points of my life because I thought it made me weak. I thought that all of the above traits created an open doorContinue reading “My greatest power lies in the softest parts of my heart”
Just keep on stepping, and you’ll make it through
Here’s a truth I re-learned today: The way out is always through.Through the discomfort, confusion, doubt, fear, pain, and uncertainty.Not sitting in it, not wallowing, not setting up camp in the valley.But taking just one more step, one more time.And before you know it you realize, from the other side,the squeeze was not death butContinue reading “Just keep on stepping, and you’ll make it through”
It’s all perspective baby
Why do I love taking photos, especially self-photography? Because I understand, it’s all perspective baby. In photography where I can be both the muse in front of the camera and the director behind the lens, I give myself an opportunity to shift my perspective of myself. When all of us have a tendency to viewContinue reading “It’s all perspective baby”
I am going to love through all the seasons
I do my best everyday to go for a walk, get some fresh air, and spend a bit of time in nature. It’s been raining today, and I had to bundle up a little more than usual. It made me think, at what point will I stop doing this? Especially living in Canada at theContinue reading “I am going to love through all the seasons”
The world only feels like its ending for those who are unwilling to change
A message that came to me recently: “The world only feels like it is ending for those who are unwilling to change.” It made me reflect on the fact that I have truly been the most miserable and suffered when I didn’t take ownership for my life or made the necessary changes to improve myselfContinue reading “The world only feels like its ending for those who are unwilling to change”
I will forever be a working masterpiece
Some days I am the master of my destiny, some days the day feels like its the master of me but most days are an odd blend of the two. Everyday I do my best to remind myself that I am a masterpiece and work in progress all in one. To our growth, Jean.
Delicious Consistency
Here is the truly delicious part about consistency: the part where you’re coming down from the high of just being in flow and everything you touch turning to gold, and will now be truly tested. The test that makes or breaks you in the long run. It is the ability to be willing to showContinue reading “Delicious Consistency”