Sweat MTL

I don’t ever want to come on here telling y’all how to live your lives. In fact, one of the things I find the most challenging about my job is remembering that every single one of us is unique. Our history changes the story as it passes through each filter used to process information. I’m always trying to understand what perspective people are seeing me from and how I can share knowledge in a way that is comprehensive to them.

When I’m feeling grounded, that’s when I can be the most supportive. I used to think that meant I needed to be what everyone else wanted so that I would never loose my place in their world. The problem there is that I never really knew what they wanted. I made assumptions and became many variations of myself in order to be less dispensable. In the end, that served a far lesser purpose and I’m thrilled to finally have arrived in this moment as I currently am, because this version of me is my favourite.

Over the weekend I took part in a workshop with a dear friend who has now become my art teacher, . The workshop is called, saying goodbye to the people I used to be and it was a gift to myself and to those I want to care for.

The patterns I followed in my previous versions were there for a reason. Some of them are still good so I’ll keep them and some of them have expired.

It’s exciting to imagine all that I want in this life and to then build the proper structures to be able to support it all.

Full circle moment: NOBODY CAN TELL YOU HOW TO BE. In the words of my art teacher, get real curious about yourself and how you see and experience the world you live in. In that process you’ll learn how and why things feel a certain way and then maybe the choices you make will feel more aligned.

It’s work and it’s worth it!

Maybe even look at yourself in a mirror and draw what you see without trying to control the outcome. Let it flow. Answers are there so practice listening. Get honest with yourself.

And for f**k sakes, try to not take yourselves to damn seriously in the process! That s**t will make you ill!

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45th full tour around the sun, Babies!

I’m not always sure that I’m doing it right but I’ve got some of the greatest people in my constellation that prove that I’m definitely not doing everything wrong!

Time and time again, I’m blessed with exactly the right kind of love that I want to be surround by.

Family
Friends
Community
Every single one of you have made this life worth living.

Thank you