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Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger, spiritually, than we were before. Whenever we grow, we tend to feel it, as a young seed must feel the weight and inertia of the earth as it seeks to break out of its shell on its way to becoming a plant. Often the feeling is anything but pleasant. But what is most unpleasant is the not knowing what is happening. Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed.

Alice Walker (via rose-colored)

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3 Mindsets (And 8 Chic Posters) To Inspire A Prolific Year

I love that every New Year, our excitement is renewed, our dreams seem more solid, our hopes are rather truer - hope that is aimed mostly in knowing this is going to be THAT year, the year I'm making it all happen, we say to ourselves. Again, but for the first time, we stand there on the edge where the comfort zone and the cliff meet, but this time, fears aside, we promise we are going to jump! 

Now, here is where it gets complicated and what I am sometimes very guilty of I shouldn't even be talking (but I refuse to be quiet) about it: We are so quick to lose vigor and optimism. We suddenly cower back because the height of the drop bothers us more than the aliveness that awaits after the leap should matter to us. Perhaps this is a result of us being bound for years by a limiting, stifling, zombie-fying idea of how we should succeed in this world.

Okay, maybe there IS a universal story here somewhere but it's definitely not in this cell the Status Quo had locked us in. Yo, humanity, we can come up with something better than that.

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Life is short. Be available & Be Interruptible. -Salt&Steel

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Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. It’s ordinary to love the beautiful, but it’s beautiful to love the ordinary.

Unknown  (via thatkindofwoman)

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Verb of the day: Surrender

No, not give up. Surrender as in letting go, turning soft and vulnerable. In a busy world, we all try to be "control freaks" - a tactic we've set upon ourselves to do and get what we want. But too much control is the rock that breaks the ebb of good ideas and good cheer. For once, be open so the universe can slip in and work its magic in you, the star it gave birth to. Until then, be still and drift. 

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I told you about the days I slacked off. That time, my friends would worry about their tendencies to over-plan while I couldn't even bring myself to look at a calendar. It was only after years, a few sermons from my mom, and many missed opportunities that I decided it's time to make time. When I finally did, I designed my own scheduling platform. I made it aggressive enough for me not to resort back to idling away; realistic enough not to make me another slave of over-planning; and heartfelt enough that I don't turn into a fembot.

With it comes 7 power practices I use to put my agendas to actions.

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EDSA, re-imagined. I had these fantasies about the EDSA billboard landscape being visually eclectic somehow; that one graphic work connects to the other even in the chromatic sense or that it could contain, at the very least, some subtle poetry. No ads, just art. I was fascinated by the thought of having this kind of scenery as we go to and from our daily grind. I wondered, "What if, for once, we are not merely markets being sold products to but humans who enjoy a little connection with somebody's imaginative work?" This and a new secret I revealed on the blog

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You're only a schedule away from your dreams. It's not enough to believe in the dream, you have to book it.

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The Pretty Procrastinator Planner. So long to slouchy self.

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I made The Pretty Procrastinator Planner to help you craft a gorgeous game plan minus the taxing feeling. Because it is true that all confetti-worthy endeavors are not achieved overnight. You oughta make time for it. BUT it comes with the territory that you must also enjoy the in-betweens.  Read all about it

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Each time you open a book and read it, A tree smiles knowing there’s life after death.

(via aurelle)

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Oh the things I find online

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These are questions I've accumulated over time. Some, I found on the web. Some, were asked personally by various people. As to how I remembered them. I'm not really sure. Maybe that is how it is when a question is riveting, you never really forget them. 

I'm assertive of this new post because I think this is the most neglected aspect of achieving a creative life. Super secrets to staying creative # 2

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Free Instagram collage frame for Mother's Day + more freebies

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Super Secrets to Staying Creative #1

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I discovered my artistic inclination at the age of 15, after exploring Photoshop. I, then, quickly developed a strong fondness for art and design but you should know I wasn't talented on the get-go. I started sloppy (read: overkill manipulated photos with depressing titles) and I still sometimes fall somewhere in the so-so range. No sir, I did not obtain a fountain of free-flowing creative juice overnight. It took guts, years, a willingness to look stupid, and having daily creative habits. Continue reading