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Wednesday Love 💖 ...and the happiness story continues. There are some ideas that get stuck in my subconscious in response to my immediate emotional state and I suppose I go over these as a 'note-to-self' / 'incase-anyone-else-is-feeling-the-same-way' until I am blue in the face, so....did you see my note yesterday on embracing the little things or people who act as a happiness booster? See it here: https://www.facebook.com/SallyChiwuziedotcom/posts/801574136614758:0 AND https://plus.google.com/+SallyChiwuzie/posts/JRdhtzYDVBv Today I am seriously overwhelmed by the fact that in adult the hustle is real and life is too short and unpredictable to be anything but happy. Therefore in all the real time chaos and the crazy arse challenges life chucks at us, I will tell you honestly that there are days when I wake up and my aim is simply to get through the day. I do this by setting little milestones. First of, the biggest mug of soya latte I can find. Then lunch. A phone call to/from my nearest and dearest. Ice-clad otherwise naked trees for my viewing pleasure to aid my soliloquy in solitude even in a crowd of fellow commuters. The thought that tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of the week. The fact that there is a chance that come this weekend, I just might give 'the parents' the biggest kiss and cuddle at Heathrow Airport after a week that has felt like the decade from hell. Nearly there...first coffee. What's keeping you going? Sally Chiwuzie here, sunglasses on - no lengthy explanation 😊 Dream chasing and legacy building on track. Continuous improvement sees me understanding that not everyday will bring an epistle of inspiration / motivation. Sometimes we simply need to get through the day. For me, this is one of those days and I shall be employing coping mechanisms until I hit my pillow tonight. Can't wait! Still...#EternallyUnshakable #WhateverItTakes. What's your favourite coping mechanism? Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Tuesday Love 💖 I am still hanging on emotionally to my post yesterday about identifying and loving your inner circle hard? See it here: https://www.facebook.com/SallyChiwuziedotcom/posts/801142566657915:0 AND https://plus.google.com/+SallyChiwuzie/posts/W2cJY2pKXfC In a lengthy conversation with Jacqueline last night, I was commenting that happiness is an inside job. I feel that depending on someone or something to make you happy puts undue pressure on them and actually, is quite selfish. The external things that keep one happy should be a bonus, a booster if you like, as opposed to the sole reason for happiness. If we are not happy within ourselves, if we do not love ourselves, I don't think anything can truly make us happy. Having said that, the picture below which was stolen from my mate, Aaron's DP (thanks Aaron), made me smile and I re-thought my words. I still do think happiness should be a feeling deep-rooted within us, however, I also think that we should still make time to celebrate the people who add value and purposeful, beautiful colour to our happiness rainbow. We should embrace their gift in our lives. Sally Chiwuzie here, no sunglasses - fellow commuter attempting to engage in conversation and it might be rude to hide my eyes. Ahhh, there you go, he just commented on how nice my eyes are. 😊 Dream chasing, legacy building on track. Continuous improvement sees me making a mental note to send 'love messages' during the course of the day, in the hope that I will get a few back. Life is too short. We might as well give booster happiness! Be unshakable! Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Monday Love💖 Listen yeah, this weekend was several shades of emotional chaos. I am originally Nigerian and I have a good few ties back home. Friday threw up an emergency - the kind that required pulling inner strength from somewhere inside, taking charge, scrambling from one chaotic phone call to another to ensure a timely resolution to the problem. It's all fine now. For the sake of love, there are people you ring and say, this is what's up and they say: 'Jump? OK. How high?' These are the people that constitute your tribe - pure, crazy, unconditional love exists and it is simply down to what you mean to them. Love them back. Hard! There are people who are so in-sync with your heart that when you are unable to finish your sentence, they know exactly what you mean and spring to action. These people carry your heart in theirs, they are on the same frequency as you - imperfect as you are, your inner circle love you. They keep you unshakable. Love the back. Hard. Bring all these together and you see what happens when love brings people together in pursuance of a common purpose. Together we are unshakable! It's a fact! Sally Chiwuzie here, sunglasses on. I need to hide and look fabulous in my emotional state this morning. Dream chasing and legacy building on track. Continuous improvement sees me even surer than ever that this new approach to life - to love hard unconditionally from the bottom of my heart is the way to go. Everyone needs love and today, I sit ever so grateful to the members of Sally's world who prove time and time again that in a crazy world that throws up indecipherable shades of grey without notice, that there are several questions and yet, it makes sense that there is only one answer - love. Love is the foundation. Love is everything. It starts with love, it ends with love. Love is the only answer. Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Friday Love 💖 Is it just me or do we sometimes spend time deciding that we are too soft, too hard, too this or that in our interactions with other people, and this in fact this determines the way they treat us in return? A few of my interactions over the week have got me thinking about it, and having had this thought below thrown up on my timeline by an inspiring friend of mine, I have come up with a 'so what?' attitude to the above. People pleasing is quite often a fruitless endeavour - some people will get and love you for who you are, all you represent and how your soul aligns with theirs, and for other people, nothing you do or say will ever resonate with or make sense to them. Then we have the added complication of miscommunications and misunderstandings which are mostly uncontrollable. For this reason, I choose to be exactly who I am at any point in time regardless of who I am dancing with... Sally Chiwuzie here, sunglasses ON. I am still exercising my prerogative to look and feel fabulous to celebrate the end of the working week. Dream chasing, legacy building and continuous improvement on track. I am an open book. Spill your coffee on my pages at your own peril, what I will never do though, is close my book in fear of coffee drops. I am who I am. I am unshakable, in truth with myself, in love with exactly who I am. #NoTweaking #OpenBook No-one can do you like you do, so do you! ✌🏼️ Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Thursday Love I'm sorry. I just deleted my entry blog for this morning because it felt a little dishonest. The truth is that I am having an off day and I just can't deal... However, I will leave you with this pretty picture below that's emblazoned with words that my heart will always subscribe to. I remain unshakable, in truth with myself, in love with myself. Sally Chiwuzie here, sunglasses on because it's my prerogative to look crazy to onlookers. Lol. It's cold and grey but there is an accompanying alluring beauty that's soul soothing as the train literally races down the tracks. Dream chasing and legacy building are both on track. Continuous improvement sees me allowing myself a break from daily sharing of my soliloquy - sometimes even the motivator needs motivation. It's called being human and today I am allowing myself to be imperfect. If you feel the same, here's a hug for you *hug* Still.... Be unshakable, be in truth with yourself, love yourself! Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Re the wise words of Dr Seuss below.... Interestingly, there was a point in my life when I felt totally intimidated by life in terms of waking up and actively chasing my dreams; too scared to say what I felt, or worried about showing exactly who I was just in case I was wrong, rejected, sounded silly, etc. I wouldn't exactly consider my stance then mousy, but I was occasionally conservative with the truth, especially to my own detriment. One of the many lessons I learnt from endless feuds with my ex-husband is the correction of this silly flaw. We had this cute music game where we used lyrics to express our feelings. For example, deep emotional turmoil would see the use of some Gloria Estefan number (well, there was no Drake at that point). Towards the tail end, I had Beyonce's 'Listen' on repeat and for me, that was the beginning of liberation. The more I swapped silence for the thoughts in my head, and presented these exactly as they were, as soon as I gave up the pressure to look, sound, feel an 'acceptable' way, the easier it was for me to understand and believe in the fecundity of my own dreams. Now, I am unshakable. I live in truth with myself and everyone else around me and I accept and love myself. For that reason, I am growing...quickly too. Sally Chiwuzie here, no sunglasses on today. Mother Nature is simply not having it. Dream chasing and legacy building are both on track. Continuous improvement sees me taking a moment to celebrate the progressive evolution of my 'voice'. I am chuckling so hard, I have tears in my eyes as I recall the conversation with my daughter in the car the other day. Beyonce's 'Listen' came up. 'Mummy, Daddy really doesn't like this song at all, you know!' I almost suffocated trying to suppress a raucous unladylike outburst of laughter. 'Mummy, are you stifling a giggle?' 'Me? No. Why? And where did you learn such a complex word?' *insert straight face* Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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I'm handling it! *said in my @kerrywashington - Olivia Pope voice* Any scandal fans in the house? #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Here's Friday inspiration and motivation especially for you with all my love. 💖 Did you see my post yesterday about taking it all one step at a time? https://www.facebook.com/SallyChiwuziedotcom/posts/796044460501059:0. It's been a tough old week, a true test of resilience and reinforced the idea that there is no-one out there trying to stop me or by revision, there is no-one out there capable of stopping me actually. Therefore, crawl, walk... whatever - we just need to keep it moving for a number of reasons. Nobody is responsible for achieving our goals, but us. The only person we are or should be in competition with is the person we were yesterday and in every situation, the only thing we owe the world is to be the best version of ourselves in existence at any point in time. To be unshakable, in truth with ourselves, to love ourselves. Sally Chiwuzie here, no sunglasses on today. I am excitable and in search of a willing fellow conversationist in every commuter within talking distance of me on the train. Dream chasing and legacy building on track. Continuous improvement sees me reading the following which is Dee's mantra at the moment: 'Set some goals. Stay quiet about them. Smash the shit out of them. Clap for your damn self!' Just managing to juggle my way to the end of this week without being section has been an achievement in itself and for everything inbetween that means that week one of a new changes has been a success, following on from a pat on the back from Genevieve (who sent me the below), Sarah and Corinne, I think I am going to blow my own trumpet here and give myself a damn standing ovation because I am unshakable! You should too because a. you deserve it; b. you don't do it often; c. it's therapeutic and d. no d. I couldn't do 3 points - the baseless odd number hangup thing. ☺️ ...because at the end of the day, the real question isn't who's going to let me, no. The question is WHO is going to STOP me. 'nuff said - smash Friday! Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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The parents!

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No fancy story today. It's the penultimate day of what has already been a really long week what with trying to get up to speed on a new 9-5 contract, preparations for the events I will be guest speaking at in London and New York in February and March respectively (I'll tell you more about these in upcoming blogs), including a tough fitness regime to ensure the sexy red dresses sit nicely *bats eyelashes*. There has also been the added pressure of single-handedly running a household and daily routine with standards set so high that even I, creator of said standards, cannot always keep up. On the train this morning, I am looking at a to-do list several pages long and feeling quite overwhelmed so I have dig through the metaphoric lessons learnt log (do you have one?) to find something to spur me on and other than thinking positive thoughts and putting quick mental notes by each action, I am looking at the below. 'Tick. Breathe. Tick. Breathe.' This is the only way. As life pauses never, the only thing we can do is keep it moving one step at a time. Let's do this. Sally Chiwuzie here, no sunglasses on today, I'm afraid. Not even the resident diva in me could pull that off. Not today. LOL! Dream chasing and legacy building are both on track. Continuous improvement sees me taking a deep breath and repeating the Chinese proverb - one step at a time is good walking. That's all I have for you today, but I took the step - I blogged for you. Now, coffee. Mines a grande soya latte. What's yours? What's next on your list? ...even baby steps count. Just don't stop! 💖 Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Wednesday Love! I wasn't going to blog this morning - nope - not with what life decided to throw up this morning with hardly any notice. I decided to, after I saw the below as a present to myself - a pat on the back if you like, and also for anyone else who needs one this morning. I had a situation which meant that I probably wouldn't be able to make it to work this morning or at all today; it's simply not a good day not to do the 9-5 thing, but my son is not feeling 100% and school is not an option today. It was interesting how calm I remained as I thought through the alternatives. With none good enough, I was simply going to ring in on my 3rd day of a new contract and declare the situation exactly as it is. The old me would have been the epitome of a discombobulated mess - I would have hesitated several times, tying myself in knots over what they would think, what the implications would be, etc. I wasn't. As it happens, I got the next best alternative (my mother) running things on my behalf, so I am going in, but probably not for a full day because at the end of the day, there comes a point in your life when what matters matters. What doesn't measure up in the grand scheme of things simply is non-negotiable. It's truly as simple as that. Sally Chiwuzie here, no sunglasses on and I am infact, enjoying the picturesque winter view of ice-clad, otherwise naked trees - so pretty and soothing - more about this later or tomorrow. Dream chasing and legacy building are on track. Continuous improvement sees me reading the below with a subtle smile on my face, celebrating how hard I have worked to become the woman I am today, and thinking - 'you're doing alright you know. You are unshakable. Keep going!' ✌🏼️ Be unshakable. Be in truth with yourself. Love yourself. Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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Meet Amber. Blonde and blue eyed at birth, with eyes that always pierced through, picturesquely perfect like the summer sky. Life happened in too many indecipherable shades of insane pain and in symbolic response, Amber’s hair turned amber. Soon her name and hair became much akin to her personality – midway between the colour gold and orange; a range of yellow, brown and red colours. Amber spent such a long time drifting from one shade to the next with no clear steer or direction until one day, she had a lightbulb moment. She picked up a paintbrush and a canvas and documented the image in her mind’s eye. Awesome autumn leaves – paintings that were sold by the dozen. Amber ditched the victim syndrome, the 'woe-is-me' attitude. She dug deep. Now whenever Amber feels like she is stuck at the traffic lights on amber, she peers in her mind’s eye to find reasons why amber is the most amazing colour ever. Sally Chiwuzie here, dream chasing, legacy building and continuous improvement in progress. Today I am grateful for resourcefulness and the ability to find a reason why rejection, disappointment, anger and pain happened FOR me and not TO me! Beyoncé sending me cryptic messages through my earphones - 'to the left, to the left' she sings and in my minds eye, you should see the display the autumn leaves are putting up in accordance with my souls song! My new best friend, Amber and I are having a rave at 8am on a busy Tuesday morning commute. We are unshakable! Go figure! Whoever believes fallen leaves to be dead, is yet to see them sway to the rhythm of the wind Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies

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I called last week 'transition week' as I blogged about a change in my 9-5 which obviously was fraught with a helluva lot of emotion. See my final 'it's a wrap' post here: https://www.facebook.com/SallyChiwuziedotcom/posts/793369217435250:0 AND https://plus.google.com/+SallyChiwuzie/posts/gVKVbgeTviX Following on from thinking positive thoughts before I went to bed https://www.facebook.com/SallyChiwuziedotcom/posts/794512853987553:0, a good workout this morning to set a spring in my sexy step, the crazy routine with the kids, I must say I am feeling pretty good. I saw the photo below which summed it right up for me. I am a day dreamer who sets challenges to see me from point a to point b - the girl who decided to give it a go, and you know what? I think that's always who I am going to be. Fall down, get up, carry on. I am chasing that one shiny star and waxing lyrical about everything that happens along that chaotic journey in the knowledge that not everyone will align with your journey - it's not theirs, it's yours. In the words of the fabulous @amberrose people are going to criticise whatever you do, so you might as well do whatever you want. Sally Chiwuzie here, no sunglasses on today, no lengthy explanation about it either. Dream chasing and legacy building are on fire this morning. Continuous improvement sees me embracing change with excited expectation and thinking this phase is all planned out and set to be awesome - I am unshakable Sally, I am, always have been and always will be the girl who decided to go for it. This is my story. What's yours? Lots of love, Unshakable Sally xxx #SallyChiwuzie #UNSHAKABLE #TogetherWeAreUnshakable #SilentSymphonies