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A bride recently asked me to make her a necklace for her wedding that looked like a fancy throat slash. This was a really fun project.

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Opt out of control. 🧘🏾‍♂️ × I make sure to say "opt out of," and not "give up" or "relinquish," because I think it's a different ball game when you consciously decide that controlling something is not for you. If you're the type to think that things happen to you, this can be refreshing. So many doors open, so many weights fall off, so much peace comes... When you decide that you don't want / need control over something. × I'm opting out of controlling— every day, a little bit more. #noiredelatour (at Jacmel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Boj1xxTlHb7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=159ez4pdxhj6o

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Uncrown your idols. 👑 × It's one of the healthiest things you can do for your own growth. Remove your idols from the pedestals you put them on, and observe them. Eye to eye, level playing field. Not because you are diminishing their greatness, but just making it more human, more relatable, more approachable. × After all, what good is an idol of it can't inspire you to aspire? #noiredelatour (at Pernier, Ouest, Haiti) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoeidIBlYxS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b355nli2ejw8

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Who, what, and where is home, for you? 🏠 × I've often been told that I don't have a "sense of home;" I lay my head to rest wherever I am, and apparently, it kills my bonds with human beings. Traditionally, we make a home, a life, and anything else where we're told — or where it's always been done. Can't point any fingers, here; it's how many of us are brought up. × I choose to make a home of the places and people who speak to me. I feel a sense of belonging in places I visit for the first time, doing things I've never done before, and trusting myself to know what's going to do me good. × Grateful for my many, many homes. #noiredelatour (at Kenscoff) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPFDeLlqpd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mhefqjj3lnt4

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Take me some place new. ✨ × In my mind or in yours, in the street or on a plane... Take me somewhere I've never been before. I miss the feeling of not knowing what comes next, or who I'll meet, or what I'll do, and instead, just surrendering to now. Take me some place where I can start anew, turn into someone else, another me, a different me, for a while. × Take me where it's okay to just breathe and be. #noiredelatour (at Fermathe, Ouest, Haiti) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoJ8u67Fsx2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k55wgfqhf9es

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"This is a Happening City-bound number 1 train. The next stop is..." 🚇 × As much as I wanted this last week to be still, things have been getting busy. It's a lot happening or "almost happening" at once; all of the things I wanted to do, to try, to learn, to practice, to get better at, to give myself to fully... In the past, they had to wait, but now, they're coming for my neck — but it's all good! I'm finally ready. × They say you should find what you love and let it consume you. I'm ready. #noiredelatour (at Gonaïves, Haiti) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFB--ZF6rp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=106n6rduuvpv8

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Beast mode w/ Vico. 😈 × I like a good challenge; from me, and for me. I like the feeling of getting in the zone, going into overdrive, and knocking things — and myself, out. There's nothing like it. That's why I like meeting, talking to, and working with people who feel and think the same. Sometimes, we're not in the same fields — that's okay! Every time, though, we agree on the same thing... × Why wait for it to come when we can go get it? #noiredelatour (at Lakou New York Jacmel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_nOOMlXS5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8lvd80c5cic1

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It's sowing season. 🌱 × I remind myself time and time again that there is no bountiful harvest without time spent breaking my back over open earth. I don't let it feel weird to me to see it that way; I always check in with myself, and ask: "What are you willing to feel / sacrifice / set aside for what you want?" It's not even a matter of keeping an eye on the prize (though that also helps); it's more about understanding why the back-breaking is necessary. × Comfort. Expectations. Habits. Preconceptions. Out the window. #noiredelatour (at Bronx, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6pifngDi4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=atz0tk0tw1su

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How good is your mental endurance? 🧠 × Life does not know how to take a breather between the punches. There is no time out from this thing. It keeps going, like a steamroller. With that in mind, do you know how to keep your head on your shoulders? Do you know how to bounce back without shattering completely? Do you have the safety net, the back-up plan, the second tank you need to keep going? × It's a long way out, but we have no other choice but to make it — so let's keep going. #noiredelatour (at Jacmel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1YcfSA_Vs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qiewilykjlcn

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It's almost surreal, isn't it? ✨ × A good friend told me this week that getting up to chase one's dreams isn't really a "Haitian concept." Our paths are predetermined, and we would do well to follow them, because our parent's pride and our own reputation are at stake. So in that context, it's always going to be unusual for someone to do so. "Ever since they went abroad, they haven't been the same..." × Maybe they weren't meant to be the same. Man doesn't *have* to be a creature of habit. We don't have to replicate, to conform, or to settle. After all, we only have ourselves to answer to when we sleep at night and wonder, "Is this the life I want to live?" × If you're also in the midst of chasing your dreams, hi! Hello! Let's be crazy together. #noiredelatour (at Brana Sa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnwL-l6nxJx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18emxwuqz6bca

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I could write about endings and beginnings, but that would be neither here, nor there. × All I have to say is this: when things call you from the gut, you answer. Now and forever. #noiredelatour (at Lakou New York Jacmel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnq5-dNAZjl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k3yr16b5xcj1

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Never here, never there, always somewhere in between. 🚪 × I'm in between more often than I should be, more often than I'd like. In between decisions, people, worlds, and many other things. Indecision can be annoying, but if that's all you know, it becomes comfortable — and as we know, nothing good comes from there. × Pick a side, stand for something, make a decision. You'll never get anywhere if you're neither here, nor there... #noiredelatour (at Panama City, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnlxApfADFx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12k6swelb5ret

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Caution: lessons in mirror are closer than they appear. ⚠️ × It's easy for me to get high on progress, accomplishment — any upwards trajectory. It's also necessary; without it, I'm an unbalanced work in progress. What's harder though, but just as necessary, is remembering that the place(s) I came from are not too far away. × An eye on the past, an eye on the future, both feet in the present. #noiredelatour (at Bourdon, Ouest, Haiti) https://www.instagram.com/p/BneF_hjAJ9v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14c63bbk8ymcl

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You're not being pushed away; you're being pulled in. You're not missing out; you're getting in. You're not treading water; you're parting your own seas. 🌊 × Shift perspective, shift reality. #noiredelatour (at Hotel Cap Lamandou - Jacmel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnY-TgAg99k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lid30ajn1mxx

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"Ou pa konn kote dlo soti pou l antre nan kokoye." 🌴 × Think about the person or people in your life who are always readily giving + giving + giving to you. Without a word, without a thought. Those who consistently show up for you, without missing a beat. The ones who pour into you until you feel enough like yourself again to keep at it. × Pour into them more often. #noiredelatour (at Pétionville) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTywE1AWiM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tp67ojbzhbmi

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