#liberate your inner awesome

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Tomorrow we celebrate the 4th of July in the States. Freedom is defined as: “The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” We are blessed to live in a country where we have these freedoms; yet so many of us are NOT free inside.

Are you free?

Or are you sentencing yourself with judgment and restraining yourself from expressing the awesome-ness that you are? Are you are trapped in not-enough-ness because you are comparing yourself to others? Or perhaps you are imprisoning yourself by choosing to experience anxiety and suffering. Or maybe you are a prisoner of your own story and locked away from your own truth because you are constrained by the opinions of others.

Wouldn’t you rather be free? I invite you to liberate yourself…

Free yourself from judgment. Stop being so hard on yourself. Seriously. It’s not getting you where you want to go. You may think that being critical will motivate you to be better but it doesn’t. All it does is create more resistance because that is what judgment does – it hinders, not helps. Be gentler with yourself and on yourself. When you free yourself from the voice of your inner critic, you liberate yourself.

Free yourself from comparison. Comparing yourself to others blinds you from seeing who you truly are and robs you of the expression of your own unique gifts. You dim your own light every time you believe someone else’s is brighter or better. Know that anything you see in someone else, you have inside of you, but you have your own UNIQUE expression. Don’t attempt to be anyone else’s version of you. Stop comparing and start celebrating YOU.

Free yourself from anxiety. I guarantee that if you are feeling anxious, it is because your thoughts are drifting towards the future. Anxiety is the physiological response to your mind’s temptation to anticipate some future event over which you feel you have no control. It is impossible to be anxious if you are fully in the present moment. None of us really know what the future holds – even if we think we do. Five minutes from now is just a prediction. Declare your freedom from anxiety RIGHT NOW in the present moment.

Free yourself from suffering. There is what happens and then there is how you respond to what is happening. Your thoughts and judgments about what is happening (or isn’t happening) cause you far more angst than what is actually going on. The awesome news is that you have 100% control over your thoughts and reactions even when you have 0% control over a current situation. You create suffering whenever you become invested in a desired outcome, plan, or opinion. If you are suffering over something, you are buying into the belief that something else would be better. How do you know? Liberate yourself from suffering by refusing to buy into the story that something else would be better.

Free yourself from your story. The vast majority of what we do is based on habitual behaviors and responses that are based on a story we created. This story then becomes the programming that determines our expectations of life. You began to construct your story at a young age based on things that you saw, heard, or experienced in life. Your story became the lens through which you see everything in your life and motivates your choices, reactions, and actions. Then you tend to attract circumstances that fit in with your story – even if you don’t consciously want them. When you notice yourself going into the old script of your story, consciously exercise your FREEDOM TO CHOOSE by responding differently. Remember that we are all free to create the story we want to live.

Free yourself from what other people think of you. If you are overly concerned about what other people think of you, you are a prisoner of their expectations. You are choosing to withhold expressing who you TRULY are. By doing all of those things, you are keeping yourself, your Light, and your Love from the world – and you will never be free. Living a life according to other people’s expectations is not only depleting but a guarantee for not being fulfilled in life. Remember this: what other people think of you is none of your business. Empower yourself to act, speak, or think without hindrance or restraint!!

Where are you keeping yourself a prisoner? Maybe it’s time to free yourself from a relationship, job, addiction, habit, or situation. Remember you and only you hold the key to your freedom. No one else is going to come and unlock the door to your happiness.

Empower yourself to act, speak, and think without restraint. You hold the key to your freedom. Liberate yourself and enjoy the fireworks from the universe!

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One Year Fanfic Anniversary!

It is officially one year since I posted my first 40k fic on AO3 and really started putting myself out there in the online community (parts of it anyway). And I wanted to do a bit of a retrospective. Some stuff I learned about writing, fanfic, fandom etc.

it is much easier to start writing once you let go of wanting to get everything 100% “correct.” Characters, setting whatever. People don’t care nearly as much as your inner critic thinks. Or if they do…you can just disagree. It’s fanfic, playing around with ideas and interpretations is the point

i started writing with original work so transitioning to fanfic was a shift. But the things i learned about pacing novels are still invaluable. If you really want to level up your writing, definitely study how novels and short stories are structured

that said structuring a long fic is different from structuring the novel. Chapter releases mean each section almost becomes a short story in and of itself. This also means things get way longer than you expect (rip my word count)

referring back to the original texts often is 1) fun 2) helps you notice things you didn’t before and 3) helps prevent the spread of fandom misinformation. Cite your sources! Especially in Warhammer, our fandom infosphere is a mess

I don’t let the comments drive where my story goes in the broad sense, but they do influence certain details. It’s fun being surprised by what/who readers latch onto. And occasionally a comment has reminded me of something that exists I totally forgot about/didn’t even know. So I look super smart if I pretend that was my intention all along :D

Something should change between the beginning of the scene and the end. Internally or externally or both, something should be different

people did not bash me in the head with the judgement hammer when i decided to publish smut. This has been very liberating. Perhaps too liberating XD

smut is a great way to practice writing short stories. Sex has a clear arc (set up, build up, climax, come down), it is a great space for character exploration, it necessarily involves relationships between characters. and you only need a few scenes (often only one scene) so it stays short. This has been great practice as someone who could not write a short story to save my life

idk if this has mattered but i feel not allowing anonymous comments on AO3 has saved me a lot of grief.

carving out a small fandom space is the way to go. Curate your feed. Block liberally. Don’t engage with people who annoy you, it is not worth it

reblogging and interacting in the comments has been an awesome way to meet people. Highly recommend

Encouraging other people (especially newer creators) to create gets you more art so definitely do that (kindly of course)

robots really are sexy

[notmuchtoconceal]

Your tumblr is near enough mind-melting with how awesome it is. It's real difficult not to get completely lost in the archives. Would be interested in showing off some alpha cowboys who like lassoing their prey?

bro, i really appreciate you saying this. i haven't been keeping up with my own work lately. i don't read it or enjoy it or know what it's about it.

used to be i really primped and polished and took my time with everything i wrote, but the highly repetitive nature of the sex act or the gym act or the sacrificial rite, tied to genre stratification tied to my own personal need to evolve and grow, sometimes it's a struggle to keep things interesting -- personally and creatively. think what i'm doing now is goin as fast as i can and with as little thought as i can to push myself to favor first impulses and rapid production -- to see how my process is effected, as well as the quality of the work itself.

the things i write -- you may have noticed, they're similar and they're not.

sometimes it'll be three AM and one person will like one random thing in my backlog, and I won't see em again until another three AM nights later.

sometimes a dude'll like twenty or thirty posts of mine in a row, then follow and i'll start to see em either in regular rotation or else just keep hittin me with the splurges -- every few weeks or months.

makes me wonder what people are doing in my backlog. how long they're back there, what they're looking at, what they're reading, what the whole labyrinthine experience of getting lost is like.

it's hard not to notice the sorts of things that people reblog. there's an undeniable tendency towards agreeableness and safety. this makes intuitive sense, as many individuals like to see themselves as activists or connoisseurs with the content they reblog, but let's not kid ourselves -- an online page is curated space where individuals assemble objects to create an aesthetic impression of their inner lives. the objects arranged just so communicate -- this is me. this is what i'm about.

you may read something and find it heartfelt, shocking, rhapsodic. you may read something that makes you think, that haunts you, that changes you. nevertheless, since it doesn't fit the curated experience of yourself you've assembled for your online page, the more vibrant reality of this thing you read is fated to remain unengaged with, left to molder in obscurity in some dust bin of memory, the experience nevertheless enduring, haunting you, effecting a subtle sway on your actions.

it doesn't matter if it's erotic, polemical, poetic -- any sufficiently novel effect can jar you out of your pre-conceived notions long enough to make you truly reconsider something you'd absolutely taken for granted, and if it seems too shocking for approval by other people, you're liable to ignore it because ultimately the opinions of our peer group matter more than considerations of truth, because our peer group is what's most immediate and visible and truth is so abstract it may as well not be real.

this problem is only compounded by the implicit assumption that a person -- and thus their mind and soul -- ought only be "one thing" as the value of a person isn't in cultivating a holistic personality or skill-set, but their immediate one-way use value to others, as most individuals still bare the scars of a culture shaped by top-down workplace abuse.

to risk putting something on your page which clashes -- violently, discordantly -- with your curated ego, though you recognize the utility it has to free other curated egos from their bondage -- this may not be a revolutionary act in itself, but it can help train you for further revolutionary acts by getting you in the mindset to indulge in some occasional rebellion.

the important thing is you start training yourself to act for self-liberation.

a person is the consequence of their applied actions.

if you continuously make the effort to live a more free and open life, it will only be a matter of time until you're doing so, though you must be ready and willing to confront the ways other people want to keep you muzzled.

you are recognizing a way the status quo is impeding the net spread of human liberation through a harmless social convention -- everyone's page is "for them" and this is individually charming, though can stagnate on a large enough scale -- and you disregard it, coyly, and in doing so invite others to follow suit. voila. now we still have personal pages, but we also have deeper connections and a net increase in authenticity.

the world is a better place and everybody wins. you told the truth and it cost you nothing. someone might be mad at you, but since you reblogged this and thus think it must be right, your first impulse should be that the person who might want to give you shit is wrong.

to wrap this up, i'll add -- absolutely.

the other day i had a blonde thought that the cowboy's basically a knight of rugged individualism, the one true american ethos.

he ain't in uniform, but he's still in uniform.

that's the way it be sometimes, brah.

[omaravilhosomundodeeldarya]

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Unlock Your Radiance - Discover the Best Beauty Salon in Glendale

In the bustling metropolis of Glendale, nestled amidst the vibrant way of life and various communities, lies a haven where splendor meets excellence. Welcome to the closing destination for pampering and rejuvenation – the Beauty Salon in Glendale. Let's delve into what makes this sanctuary stand out and some of the relaxation.

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Jen Sincero and her 30 best quotes

Jen Sincero stands out as a beacon of guidance in the realm of personal development and self-improvement, empowering individuals to fully embrace their inherent potential and lead lives that are true to themselves. Through her audacious and unconventional methods of transformation, Sincero has captivated audiences across the globe, motivating countless individuals to liberate themselves from self-doubt, recognize their own value, and cultivate lives filled with abundance and satisfaction. As part of our series titled "100 Motivational Writers and their Great Works," All Good Quotes is showcasing "Jen Sincero and her top 30 quotes" for your inspiration.

About Jen Sincero:

Jen Sincero is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and success coach known for her candid and humorous take on personal growth and empowerment. Her journey from struggling musician and freelance writer to internationally acclaimed author is a testament to the transformative power of mindset and self-belief. Through her books, talks, and workshops, Sincero shares practical tools and mindset shifts to help individuals overcome their fears, unlock their potential, and create lives they love.

Famous Books of Jen Sincero:

Jen Sincero has authored several bestselling books that have resonated with readers seeking to unleash their inner badassery and live life on their own terms. Her breakout book, "You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life," offers a no-nonsense guide to overcoming self-limiting beliefs and creating a life of abundance and fulfillment. Sincero followed up with "You Are a Badass at Making Money," which explores the mindset and strategies for achieving financial success and prosperity.

30 Best Quotes of Jen Sincero:

- "You are a badass. You were born that way. You are one badass human being." - "The only failure is quitting. Everything else is just gathering information." - "What you choose to focus on becomes your reality." - "The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them." - "You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it." - "The universe will match whatever vibration you put out. And you can't fool the universe." - "When it comes to changing your life, if you're not scared, you're doing something wrong." - "The walls of your comfort zone are lovingly decorated with your lifelong collection of favorite excuses." - "If you want to live a life you've never lived, you have to do things you've never done." - "Do not let your fear of looking stupid hold you back." - "You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it." - "If you're serious about changing your life, you'll find a way. If you're not, you'll find an excuse." - "The only thing that keeps you from being happy is the belief that you are alone." - "You can have excuses or you can have success; you can't have both." - "You are the only you there is and ever will be. Do not deny the world its one and only chance to bask in your brilliance." - "You can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed." - "If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll be waiting forever. Start now." - "Your energy and attitude attract everything that happens to you." - "It’s just as easy to believe we’re awesome as it is to believe we’re giant sucking things." - "If you're serious about changing your life, you'll find a way. If you're not, you'll find an excuse." - "Never apologize for who you are. It lets the whole world down." - "The more you accept and love yourself, the more the world will mirror that acceptance and love back to you." - "You are the only you there is and ever will be. Do not deny the world its one and only chance to bask in your brilliance." - "Believing you're unworthy of success won't make you successful." - "The universe is the most powerful force in the world, and you are part of it, so let it do its thing." - "What you focus on, you create more of. Choose wisely." - "You have just as much right to abundance as anyone else." - "Never apologize for who you are. It lets the whole world down." - "Your job isn’t to know the how, it’s to know the what and to be open to discovering, and receiving, the how." - "You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it."

Additional facts about Jen Sincero:

Musical Background: Before becoming a bestselling author and motivational speaker, Jen Sincero pursued a career as a musician. She was a member of several bands and worked as a touring musician, performing at venues across the United States. Personal Transformation: Jen Sincero's journey to personal development and self-improvement began when she hit rock bottom in her late 40s. Struggling with financial insecurity, relationship challenges, and a lack of fulfillment, she embarked on a journey of self-discovery and transformation that ultimately led her to write her bestselling book, "You Are a Badass." Travel Enthusiast: Jen Sincero is an avid traveler who has explored destinations around the world. Her experiences traveling have influenced her perspective on life and inspired many of the lessons she shares in her books and talks. Career Transition: After experiencing a profound personal transformation, Jen Sincero transitioned from her career as a musician to become a coach, motivational speaker, and author. Her transition serves as a testament to the power of mindset shifts and taking bold action to create the life you desire. Educational Background: Jen Sincero holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her background in theater and performance has influenced her dynamic speaking style and ability to engage audiences with her message of empowerment. Success Coach: In addition to writing books and speaking engagements, Jen Sincero works as a success coach, helping individuals overcome their self-limiting beliefs and achieve their goals. Through one-on-one coaching and group programs, she provides practical tools and strategies for personal and professional growth. Online Presence: Jen Sincero maintains an active online presence through her website, social media channels, and email newsletter. She regularly shares inspirational content, motivational quotes, and practical advice to empower her audience to live their best lives. Podcast Host: Jen Sincero hosts the "Jen Sincero Show" podcast, where she interviews thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts in personal development and self-improvement. The podcast covers a wide range of topics, including mindset, success, money, and relationships. Continued Learning: Despite her success, Jen Sincero remains committed to personal growth and lifelong learning. She continues to explore new ideas, challenge her own beliefs, and expand her knowledge in order to better serve her audience and community. These additional facts offer insight into Jen Sincero's diverse background, personal journey, and ongoing commitment to empowering others to live their most badass lives.

Conclusion:

Jen Sincero's quotes serve as a reminder that we all possess the power within us to create the lives we desire. Through her bold and empowering words, she encourages us to embrace our authenticity, overcome our fears, and live with unapologetic badassery. As we reflect on these 30 quotes, may they inspire us to step into our greatness, pursue our dreams, and live lives filled with joy, abundance, and purpose. Read the full article

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Solo Travel: Your Ticket to Freedom and Thrilling Adventure

Remember that awkward childhood field trip, clutching Ms. Malini's hand for dear life? Yeah, not my style. My soul craves freedom, the kind that whispers on deserted beaches and hums in bustling alleys. That’s why I embarked on a solo adventure — a journey where boundaries dissolved, and I was both map and compass, captain and crew.

Imagine: you, stretched out on a hammock strung between Balinese palms, turquoise waves whispering secrets the ocean alone holds. No tour guide barking orders, no arguments over where to eat, just the endless horizon beckoning. Pure. Unadulterated. Bliss.

But let’s face it, solo travel can be as daunting as explaining your sudden love for polka music to your friends. What if you get lost? What if the street food gives you a questionable souvenir? What if…well, what if everything goes wrong?

Here’s the secret: the greatest adventures often begin with a leap of faith, trust in your own two feet, and the kindness of strangers. And that’s where The Travel Konnection comes in — your expert co-pilot, navigating the uncharted waters of solo travel with a smile and a plan.

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Connect, if you choose: Enjoy optional group activities and curated experiences to meet fellow adventurers, or embrace the magic of solo exploration — the choice is yours!

Why Solo Travel is Best:

Unleash your inner explorer: Ditch the compromises, explore hidden gems at your own pace, and follow the whispers of your adventurous heart. No more “Ugh, fine, let’s go see that museum” moments.

Connect deeper than Wi-Fi: When you’re open and present, solo travel fosters genuine connections with locals and fellow travelers. Imagine swapping stories under a starry sky with someone you just met — pure magic!

Unlock your inner rockstar: Stepping outside your comfort zone builds confidence, resilience, and a newfound appreciation for your own awesome company. You’ll discover hidden strengths you never knew you had!

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From bustling cities like Bangkok or Ladakh to serene landscapes like Iceland or Meghalaya, the world awaits your solo footsteps. Consider:

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[musicbusinessliberation]

Let me tell you about the difference between Modern Musicianship and Traditional Musicianship so you are clear what that looks like…

Modern Musicians are the most driven, motivated, and dedicated of musicians. They concentrate on their dreams and desires with a focus and determination that powers them through every obstacle or challenge that come up as they live into their blueprints. Their blueprints are their well designed destination.

The old game, the traditional music business was the machine driven crapshoot run by gatekeepers and those without your best interest at heart.

Slow, clunky, outside in, machine centric, impersonal, top down,

Codependent, on a weak, unclear foundation, living in the old economy, playing the old game of traditional music biz, often directionless with fuzzy unfocused goals and usually unwilling to try anything differently.

The traditional artist/musician thinks like a wage worker or union member. Short term, just for today, often enduring the creative growth traps we call starving artist syndrome and like-a-holism. They live mostly in a survival mode of wherever the next thing is going to come from, they live in a primarily reactionary state.

Outside in, traditional artist development, develops an incomplete skillset, without a game plan, and achieves traditional success.

Hands over control of their career and rights.

Acts more like an employee than an entrepreneur

Sacrifices freedoms and autonomy.

Operates on outdated infrastructure with disconnected systems, processes, and teams.

Often overloaded, disorganized, easily distracted, off balanced and undisciplined.

The new game, the modern music business is the grassroots career development from the ground up, create your own slice of paradise.

It’s follow your interests and desires, passions and dreams down to the liberation and tipping point in all dimensions

Fast, direct to fan, inside out, artist and people centric, wide spectrum of personalized experiences.

Access centric content businesses. Flowing and growing.

Self Reliant, on a strong, clear foundation, and creates OWN economy, playing the new game called the modern music business, leads projects and team with an active vision and clear direction, and commits to a lifelong pursuit of content, career, and self mastery.

Modern Musicians achieve focused and clear goals time and again with solid progress tracking, optimal development support and accountability.

They master their universe from the inside out.

The secrets of the universe are inside Modern Musicianship, you need only unlock them by putting them into practice in your career and your next project.

Modern Musicians get it right at the source. They get the music right first, then they commit to and do the inner and outer work required to flourish long term.

Modern Musicians think long term, achieves self actualization, self transcendence, like an enlightened entrepreneur, Establishes their global UVP. and creates own economy from independently grown wealth.

They internally believe that their security and their freedom and their sense of peace and purpose comes from and remains within their control.

Oversees and manages career operations and delegates tasks

Earns and enjoys complete creative freedom and autonomy in their ideal lifestyle.

Operates on upgraded state of the art infrastructure with a fully integrated career operating system to manage their projects and keep their team and fans on the same page.

Develops a fully integrated creative and technical fluidity

Achieves a centered, dynamic, balanced mind body and soul to fully express itself long term

Modern Musicians embrace their awesomeness and master their universe from the inside out.

Are devoted to achieving and fulfilling their full potential

Achieves optimal productivity and workflow through an optimal workflow structure you’ll begin to develop starting today.

Builds a strong foundation on an optimal career infrastructure

Modern Musicians are always learning and growing, earning and flowing

Focus on what they want and where they do want to go instead of away from what they don’t want

Modern Musicians live into their blueprints by envisioning their ideal life and then driving the dream each day through their thoughts, feeling, speech and action.

They adhere to the laws of life and master the 9 factors for success

They master their main moves, their Core Focus Activities, and their RCA’s their Recalibration Activities.

But listen…

You are probably stressed and overwhelmed, or maybe you are managing yourself and your business well, but you acknowledge that the modern music/content business it is a lot to be responsible for.

I get it!

There are so many hats to wear, tasks to juggle, things to coordinate, and pieces to manage for every project and campaign in your career that it can easily be overwhelming or exhausting for you!

As a full-time independent musician in the modern music industry your responsibilities now include the management, coordination and delegation of several areas of career operations including recording and production, licensing and publishing, distribution and promotion, merchandising and fulfillment, admin/accounting, website, memberships, database and socials, booking and touring operations, and still rehearsing and rocking your live performance night in and night out.

You have exceptional responsibility. But you have exceptional opportunity.

I created an entire system for developing your full potential with Modern Musicianship in a way that is comprehensive and interconnected to definitively clarify each Artist’s unique business model as well as structure their creativity to harness their time and energy and fully focus on the next most important Mission. This has taken great time and care. It has been a labor of love. It was first built out of personal necessity, and then expanded upon and has been built into my programs and trainings to serve my clients and students with a unifying framework that eliminates as much of the overwhelm and confusion that so easily results in Creative Growth Traps, as possible.

Modern Musicianship is multi-dimensional mastery.

It’s success born of happiness, mastery and fulfillment for the long term.

It’s how to create your own economy.

It’s how to use the conscious, subconscious and superconscious minds to get in sync with your purpose and passion and create your paradise, your heaven on earth.

Modern Musicianship offers you the keys to unlocking your full potential and growing a modern music business.

Modern Musicianship is more like a religion because it’s something you practice daily and the methods, models, techniques, and strategies that you implement will completely transform your life and take you to your heaven on earth. Your paradise in this world. Your inner and outer liberation.

The Creators Paradise.

It’s about owning your power.

It’s about harnessing your inner OS and playing the GAME to achieve your goals and create your paradise. Your heaven on earth. Again, life is The Creators Paradise.

The G.A.M.E. is how you achieve your greatness and fulfill your dreams and desires.

Become an A PLAYER, get in The G.A.M.E.

Modern Musicians operate at a level higher than traditional musicians by integrating the technology and marketing into their creative expression and communication, by mastering the fundamentals of business and communication.

You have to awaken to the game and then activate in the game on your journey to self actualization, transcendence, authentication and liberation. From there you can choose to continue with the scaling and content business mastery/self realization stages of the journey.

You start by tapping into source and asking god and the universe for what you want and to awaken you to the world where having that is possible.

Then you complete each cycle.

You develop in stages and seasons.

Modern Musicianship is a 9 stage journey to content business mastery and self realization.

It’s what you do, why you do it, and it’s how you do it.

It’s playing the GAME of business while mastering the craft of your artistry and your self.

It’s the game of building your legacy.

It’s the growth of your brand

It’s the process, rules, and principles for how to create an extraordinary life.

It’s the structure to perform and produce at your best.

It’s the complete career development system built for helping you get to your paradise.

It’s how to master your universe.

How you will master your inner and outer game.

Modern Musicianship is the process of your soul and career and life’s unfoldment.

It’s the heart and science of success.

It’s what you do, why you do it, and it’s how you do it.

It’s the process of achieving your success, mastery and fulfillment.

It’s playing the GAME of business while mastering the craft of your artistry and your self.

It’s the game of building your legacy.

It’s the growth of your brand.

The expansion of your soul.

It’s the process, rules, and principles for how to thrive all night running a modern music/content business.

It’s the structure to perform and produce at your best.

It’s the complete career development system built for helping you get to your paradise.

It’s how to master your universe.

I’m repeating myself so it gets further engrained.

Repetition is the mother of all skill and mastery.

This material, if you apply it, will increase the quality of new fans you generate, the effectiveness of how you develop your career, and the revenue you earn in result.

What you need is a pathway to your paradise:

These are The New Rules of The G.A.M.E. 10 Rules, Skills, and Steps to Optimal Performance and Music Business Liberation. How to build a thriving, career, brand and music business as a musician in the modern music industry.

Here they are in summary:

RULE #1: CREATE THE FUTURE! YOU CREATE YOUR OWN ECONOMY.

MODERN MUSICIANS CREATE THEIR OWN ECONOMY!

It's so important that i'll say it again.

Modern Musicians CREATE Their OWN Economy.

SKILL #1: Imagination and using the Inner OS to turn your dreams into reality

STEP #1: ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE, ANSWER THE CALL, IMAGINE YOUR VISION:

RULE #2: You must commit to the path to be successful.

SKILL #2: Decision making effectiveness

STEP #2: DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE as an Artist in the Modern World

Plant your flag and realize that you are unstoppable, as long as you don’t stop.

RULE #3 TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

STEP #3: Blueprint your learning journey - what are the skills and capabilities that you need to develop to carry out your mission?

RULE #4: Always do SOLID PREPRODUCTION

SKILL #4: Planning and organization

STEP #4: START WITH A GAME PLAN

RULE #5: Grow from the ground up - with Grassroots career development

SKILL #5: Project Management, Delegation, and Goal achievement

STEP #5: Awakening to The Game. Play The G.A.M.E. The Grassroots Authenticated Music Experience

RULE #6: Build a BRAND. Focus on the core - It's all about the core, your main moves

STEP #6 focus on the core - get to your core self, your core identity, true self realization, your 7 core functions, the core engagement cycle, your main moves

your core traffic strategies, your core revenue streams, your core content/communication formats, your core relationships

RULE #7 masters the modern toolset - The digital toolset to create their paradise

SKILL #7 - Marketing and Communications

STEP #7: install your music marketing system

RULE #8: optimize for lifestyle and automate your profits - from impoverished and starving artist to a thriving and abundant modern musician - resourcefulness - quality of the emotional experience

STEP #8: - Develop Your S.T.A.R.S. and live the Modern Musician Lifestyle - build a content business - actualize, transcend, operationalize, create, launch, automate, optimize, accelerate, maximize, and master.

RULE #9 Everything is a system or a process. systems and processes.

SKILL #9 Systemization and process creation

SKILL #9 Create your operations manual

RULE #10 - inner os - being autotelic - integration - conscious, subconscious, and superconscious harmony - become your best self - live the transformation - live each day as your highest self

SKILL #10: Fully integrated thinking - with your head and your heart aligned and congruent

STEP #10 - Create owners manual. Get into flow. Create a masterpiece with your life. Be as if you already had the desired states and qualities. Love the divine in everything and everyone.



One of the first things you need to know about playing the G.A.M.E. is that there are many seasons along your journey and different stages, (foundation, incubation, optimization, acceleration, maximization, and mastery,) as well as different zones that you can see in the chart below.



Modern Musicians live in the 3rd and 4th zones. The learning and the growing never stop.

Learning and growing equals earning and flowing.

ChoicePoint.

You are at the choice point. You are at a choice point every day. The moment of decision where you commit to upgrade your mindset, habits, skills, and toolset. You have the choice to decide which zone you stay and play in.

If you are bold and determined to step your music business game up, then please continue.

Modern Musicianship is integration of what you learn and understand in order to do and experience that which brings you happiness, success, joy and fulfillment. It’s your journey with spirituality as well as your self mastery, creative fulfillment, and overall inner and outer achievement.

It’s built on the principles and laws of success and developed from studying hundreds of successful artists and entrepreneurs. It combines the best of what i’ve learned in transformational coaching, training and communication for the last 15 years including elearning and instructional design, optimal performance coaching, creative fulfillment, positive psychology, nlp, cognitive behavior therapy, marketing, spirituality, mind body soul alignment, goal achievement, self development, growth hacking, adult development, neuroscience, self actualization, self mastery, and the laws of the universe.

The levels of change examine how the chain of behavior integrates deeper than just the behavioral level. That is one level, but to have transformative influence growth needs to be integrated at each level to impact behavioral and internal transformation. The model helps us understand the different levels at which we experience the world.

Modern Musicianship integrates the idea that it starts with the dream, but that that is just the first step of the process in completing the mission, the goals, the projects and the tasks on the runway. Once you have these core blueprints in place your job is to drive the dream in generating how you feel. It’s about how you feel about the dream on a daily basis. Your involvement and engagement with it is a practice as you learn to master inspiration and motivation as well as concentration and intuition to create an extraordinary life.

Live The Good Life: How To Create an Extraordinary Life By Becoming an Extraordinary Person

Living an extraordinary life means becoming an extraordinary person. Their is only one you in the world. It’s your job to make that the most extraordinary expression with the most extraordinary meanings and performances. Life is what you make it. It is the song you write. Becoming extraordinary starts with having a foundational understanding of what living a good life means.

What does it look like and what does it feel like?

You are the creator of your reality, and you have to create your paradise, not your prison.

Awakening to the game begins with empowerment and activation.

It starts with living what we call the good life.

Joy, bliss, flow, abundance, fulfillment, happiness, freedom, mastery, and purpose. A life of service doing what you love.

All contributes to a life about becoming the best you can be.

A quest to achieve your greatness accomplished in missions, quests, goals, creating and providing unique fan experiences, and becoming a champion.

Music Business Liberation means:

Self Actualization is the fourth stage in the 9 stage journey of Modern Musicianship. It is the the period in which you reach grounded true flow and optimal performance.

Happiness

Creative fulfillment

Physical vitality

Emotional liberation

Mental liberation

Intellectual liberation

Spiritual liberation - Enlightenment This is actually self transcendence as god shows you how to serve the world.

Relational liberation

Financial liberation

What does it mean to live the good life?

We say Habits, skills, mindset, systems and processes, strategy, blueprints go into your Infrastructure. This is the foundation for your optimal workflow structure, which helps you maintain optimal performance. It is what makes achieving your goals and dreams, living your values, mission and purpose automatic and fun.

Following your dreams through Intrinsic motivation to become your become your best doing what you love most.

A life that satisfies and fulfills you and that serves other people.

Becoming a Champion.

Enjoying the journey, focused on the process.

The journey is the process of enjoying the fruits of the moment and appreciating the experience of being alive and choosing what we get to do with our time and attention.

A life with a defined dream vision purpose, mission goals and projects.

Pursuing your passions with courage

There is a something that comes over you when you pursue your passions with courage for many years at a time. God shows you a path forward every step of the way. For Modern Musicians there is an inner conviction that my destiny lies in my ability to go after my big dreams with courage in spite of fear and uncertainty and doubt. Otherwise they would never materialize.

Freedom and fulfillment

The good life is built on freedom and fulfillment. These two characteristics are hallmarks of the Modern Musician Lifestyle. This entire system stems from freedom and fulfillment. Building skills, habits, mindsets, capabilities to dial into the sweet-spot with the recipe of your life.

Doing what you love

Doing what you love is the name of the game. It is through this pursuit that you raise your vibration and have something to give to others. There is no greater joy than doing what you love and helping other people by doing it.

Living in the moment

This is the gift you give yourself. When you bring awareness and intention to your attention you experience the joy of the present moment. Living in the present moment is the gift available to us in each moment.

Falling in love with what you have

It’s in what you already have, who you already are, what you’ve already done, when you build equity in that you build your wealth. Build an abundance of what brings yourself and others success and fulfillment.

Confidence and abundance

Confidence is built through competence and self discipline as well as trust in the plan, setting out on a course and developing skills, habits, and mindsets to become your true self and live with confidence and abundance.

Attitude of gratitude

What you appreciate grows and expands. Keep that in mind so stick to the plan. Steadfast your hand and become the man or woman you know you can. Always keep an attitude of gratitude close in hand, come from the heart as well as you can.

Having it all begins with believing that you can have it and then following the natural path to fulfillment of the vision in every area of your universe.

My mind can bring my desires to life if I focus on the right things, so that’s what I focus my attention on most of the time.

Finding something to feel happy about sets the calibration point.

If you can find one thing, you’ll attract another and another and another until you feel your whole world flooded with positive thoughts that leave you empowered and inspired and taking massive action as a result.

Developing your gifts. Your talent and potentials.

This is what you dedicate your life to. Developing your genius and delivering your gifts to the world in the many ways that you can.

Playing the game of life and business like it’s an infinite game.

Becoming legendary by Playing an infinite game

When you begin to think and play an infinite game like The G.A.M.E. You become legendary which starts with the way you think and act. When you think in a superconscious state you activate the channel and connect to the frequencies that your spiritual riches live on. This may take practice, or getting into GAMMA states may be instantaneous and easy for you. You’ll learn more about the 5 brain states later.

The G.A.M.E. Is infinite. You want to be relevant long after your gone. How can you become that way? How can you become infinite in how you think about your life and Your Game?

It is how you can be more strategic in achieving your goals and dreams.

It’s building a great content business that facilitates liberation in all areas of your life.

Building a great network is about cultivating great relationships.

Start with the relationship with yourself first, then go and share and inspire and elevate others.

Defined vision and mission

You need to have a defined vision and mission from your dream to runway blueprint, as you may have completed by now or will be doing later.

Success habits and rituals

These are one part of the critical success factors, and need to be done in The Ready State, and with Blissipline as you’ll learn later. The success habits are how you build the character and the destiny that you desire and deserve. Success habits can be developed across every dimension of your universe.

A Well Designed Destination vs. An Undesigned Destination

In 3-5 years you want to arrive in a well designed destination, instead of an undesigned destination. This means that you want to flesh out blueprints all the way down to the ways you want to feel and the things you want to achieve. Modern Musicians begin with the end in mind. They are incredible achievers who love to plan and then bring their plans to life through implementation of the plan. They follow the goal achievement process of setting their blueprints, driving the dream, and then living into their blueprints.

Life in service to your purpose, the world and others

Therein lies your power. It’s a frequency that you live on and thus transmit. My purpose is a life of service. It is a life dedicated to the liberation of souls, and the full development and realization of potentials.

Empowered, aligned, clarity and focus, mastering your life

These are hallmark characteristics of being a modern musician, and the modern musician lifestyle.

Creating your own reality

You do indeed create your own reality. How we think, feel and behave generates our experience and our reality. Modern Musicians see this as the greatest opportunity that god or man could give you.

Designing your future

The first thing you have to do is to design your future life. You can get as detailed as you like and you can go out as far as you’d like, just be sure to really figure out what you want and then make a plan. This plan is apart of your blueprints.

Then living into it

The next thing you need to do is to not only execute the plan, but to live into the blueprints.

This is the part that you need to bring mindfulness and a lot of meditation on all these strategies and action plans as you assimilate information, execute and create the assets that build the fanbase and income to fund your future.

Living into ideals and blueprints

You get this constant sense that something good is always about to happen, and it brings a peace and a joy to the moment. I feel like it’s a constantly evolving process, but having blueprints and ideals give you and the universe a place to start to develop into your true self, to manifest your ideals in every area of your life.

Masterful Mission

Your mission is connected to your purpose and gets you out of bed in the morning. It’s extremely important to have a masterful mission that you are working towards every day.

Purpose and desire fulfillment

The real drivers here are fulfilling your purpose, dreams, aspirations and desires. There is no more worthy of a pursuit.

Goals, projects and tasks

Turn goals into skills through habits and practices.

Maybe your goal is to earn five and eventually six and seven figure paydays through launches and campaigns, the strategies, which you’ll do through the habits of creating and launching products, programs and courses.

The path of Mastery

Is the most satisfying and fulfilling path of any I’ve ever traveled. It is a build up of a symphony of skills, capabilities, wisdom and insight that combine in your definite chief aim or your major purpose. I believe we each have a great destiny, and the path of mastery in each area of your life will lead you to it as you combine skills and abilities to form the full multidimensional expression that is you. It’s through the growth that you feel alive and engaged and prepared on a solid foundation to thrive. A life of deep work leads to the most satisfying relationships starting with yourself and everyone you attract into your life as you add value to every person that comes into your life.

Constant improvement

You have to identify the areas in your life that you want to improve and then commit to advancing each area, skill, habit, you have to identify, change and strengthen beliefs into a philosophy, you have to learn how to build positive states that are so vibrant in well being that you don’t spend any time on your fears or worries. You can quickly and easily adjust the lens of your thoughts and feelings when you find yourself in disempowering states with perception filter reframes.

Standards, Processes, and Workflows

You must set standards and build processes and workflows in each key dimension of your life. This is how you will go above and beyond. This is how you will set the standard. Your workflows are where your productivity and your creativity intersect, your processes are how you maintain your standards and improve your ability to produce, publish, promote, and profit from value.

Lifelong learning

Many people believe that the learning process happens during our time in school and then stops after that. This is a mistaken idea. Life is actually learning most of the time. You are learning about yourself, about others, about your job, about your dreams and desires, you are learning about the world and all of it informs your perspective and what you do, say, think and feel.

A Complete Education

You have to determine who you want to be, and then assemble all the skills habits mindsets systems and process

For achieving the goals, dreams and desires through complete learning you can advance along the progression of integrated growth and skills development creating a symphony of skills for your masterful mission and turning your life into a masterful performance.

Success Habits and practices

Your success habits and practices are what you build your life on. They are the key ingredients in the pathway to your success. Start by identifying 1-3 areas of universe mastery and then 1-3 success habits to install into your life and stay consistent with those habits for days, then weeks, then years, then decades, and a lifetime of success and happiness.

Identity – Developing an unstoppable self concept

It’s about an alignment in your identity with your source and your true self. That’s an active process that is a fluid conversation between you and the divine.

Mastering your functions

I believe if you spend your time and energy worrying about whats wrong or what you don’t have you’ll miss the opportunity to experience what you want to have happen.

If you focus on what you can control you focus on the bridge of actions, feelings, thought and speech that will close the gap between where you are and where you want to end up.

You want to focus on each of the 7 functions of the content business growth process so you will be most likely to succeed.

Vibrant energy and living in the present moment

Practices that renew and refresh you like success conditioning can raise your vibration and cause you to feel a vital amount of energy. Each of your practices throughout the day adds to the energy and experiences of your day.

Inner OS Mastery

The Inner OS is the equipment god gave you to create and master your life. Your emotional system, nervous system, your mental faculties, and your sensory mechanisms. We don’t learn anything about it in school. The use of it will determine where in life you go.

Mastering your brain states

As you’ve learned there are 5 main brain states and you need to learn how to operate in all of them. Through conditioning with sound therapy you can tap into and tune your alpha states, beta states, theta, delta and gamma states.

Training your nervous system for happiness, fulfillment, bliss and success.

You can learn to do this throughout your day in many subtle and not so subtle ways through what you think, feel, speak and do.

Faith instead of fear

Your spiritual DNA is perfect. Your spirit is perfect. Belief In god and the universe is a state we must reside in. This is a mainstay of Modern Musicians. They are faithful and they receive the abundance of life’s riches through deep understanding of certain laws and principles.

Love instead of anger

Modern musicians learn to shift to a 5D consciousness and become a loving human that actualizes their potential in life. They learn to choose love instead of anger and negative emotions.

Joy instead of sorrow

Starting with a base of happiness as the center of who you are. Firmly confident in your true self. Joy should be something you bring to the party. You have to cultivate joy in all your activities and interactions with others. Joy is an emotion Modern Musicians experience on a daily basis.

Pursuing your goals and dreams

The path to becoming extraordinary is the dedicated all in pursuit of your goals and dreams. There is no half in or half out commitment here. Modern Musicians dedicate themselves to the achievement of their goals and the fulfillment of their dreams and desires. It’s an all-in, playing full out state we call The Ready State.

Meaning and Fulfillment

Meaning is your motivational canvas, empowered meanings can change your life and revitalize your energy while disempowered meaning can fatigue or irritate you. Modern Musicians see life as a game they can win by the meaning they shape their world with. It’s these little distinctions that turn them on and fulfill them.

What qualities and characteristics of the good life can you think of? Here are a few to start with:

◆ State of celebration, gratitude, fulfillment, satisfaction, honor, abundance, confidence

◆ Self made independent wealth

◆ Launching, growing, thriving, scaling, and mastering

◆ Living in the vibrational state of your higher self

◆ Delicious deliberate creation

◆ Unconditional happiness

◆ Getting into the mood to feel the stories aligned with what you want

◆ A state of bliss, having found the kingdom within, harmony with the three minds

◆ Living in beautiful states of being, Mastering your emotions

◆ Serving a purpose greater than yourself

◆ True self mastery – Seeing yourself as and living as the person you want to be

◆ Finding what turns you on and activating in the game

The game is your purpose and your mission in life. It’s the life affirming process of growth and love.

Modern Musician Activation Exercise:

See yourself becoming enlightened and receiving your purpose, then embracing your journey and mastering your mission and vision through managing and performing your daily dial tasks and the processes that order your life and workflows in all key result areas.

Envision a flow based journey to the destination that fulfills you and makes you rich with passive income and a diversified portfolio of investments yielding tremendous returns for all involved for 1000 years.

See yourself walking with your fans and seeing how you improved the quality of their lives somehow.

Go into your future now. Walk into the house, make yourself a cup of coffee, turn on the computer in the morning eager to get to work on your opportunities and responsibilities.

Feel how it would feel to have accomplished your vision and your dreams. Sense with all your heart what that would feel like.

Live into the blueprints of the life you want with confidence and with a sense of ease and oneness with the universe.

Sense with a staying power the beauty of your strength and confidence in your self and who you are as a person.

Allow yourself to be your true self.

Tune yourself to the frequency your success lives on. Feel yourself resonating on that frequency and see the joy that it brings you to be tuned into your dream.

Notice how you have to commit to the path, then you have to align and allow.

What understandings have you had since you received this training and went through this exercise?

[photosworthseeing]

Blog recommendation of the month

@snowghoul

Interview

1.When and how did you start to become interested in photography?

First of all I want to thank you for featuring me as blog of the month, it’s an honor! I did a lot of interviews when I was a member of PWS so it’s strange but awesome to be on the other side. My interest in photography began in 2010 where, along with a friend, I explore abandoned buildings and areas in my hometown. Gradually my interest grew and I ended up buying a DSLR in 2013. At that time I’d lost my motivation for writing so photography became my main means of expressing myself.

2. Do you think, you have a specific style? If so, please describe it.

I think I managed to develop one over time. I don’t restrict myself to one genre but I believe the overall effect my photos have is the same. Rawness, grittiness but at the same conveying emotion.

3. Your blog consists to a large degree of abstracts. What is it that draws you towards abstract photography?

It’s hard to describe, as is abstract photography itself. I’m drawn to patterns, textures, shapes and motifs, they speak to me in a way. I get excited by their potential. Also, I guess I like how they can be interpreted in numerous ways or in no way at all. They can simply be felt. Just raw emotion, no need for explanation. It’s liberating to create something like this.

4. What is it that you want to tell the viewers with your photographs?

As I said above I want mainly to convey raw emotions that the individual viewer can take in and analyze for themselves. But first of all I try to exorcise my own demons.

5. If you’d have to describe yourself as a photographer in one sentence, what would that sentence be?

A person that tries to express themselves and experiment with this fascinating form of art.

6. What inspires you? How do you decide when and what to take a photo of?

Inner demons (not exactly a source of inspiration but you know what I mean). Directors like Tarkovsky, Lynch, Merhige or painters like Bacon and Kiefer. Looking at photos of great photographers (both famous and on tumblr and flickr). Extreme metal music as well. As for the decision time, that’s something also hard to describe. It just feels right when I Iocate an interesting detail or I’m looking at something at a certain angle. Doesn’t matter what it is as long as I hear that click in my mind that makes me all excited. Subsequently I hear it coming from my camera as well.

PWS - Stephi

[nikasholistic]

Spiritual awakening is about finding your true self. This process allows you to wake up to who you really are. It allows you to shed the layers of beliefs no longer serving you. It’s a beautiful process of inner understanding and inner discovery.

Spiritual awakening is a gradual process. Every day, you learn more about yourself. You discover the true nature of this reality, and it’s so liberating. You realize we live in an energetic universe. Everything is energy, and you have the power to mold your reality.

You realize you are one with the universe. You realize you are a divine being, and you came here to express yourself and your true potential. Spiritual awakening allows you to shine your light, because that’s why you’re really here. Stop diminishing your awesomeness, and embrace your deepest goals and desires.

✨IG: nikasholistic✨

[tenebrius-excellium]

A Hero’s Guide To Deadly Dragons Liveblog Part 3

- oh. ohhh. Idk the audio I listened to seems to have been badly arranged, the book wasn’t that long after all! It said 5 hours but was done at 2.5 hours

- so I’m done with Book 6 now

- Stoick + Bertha: still the best chaotic friendship hahaaa

- I so enjoy Bertha’s voice ahhhhhh

- I didn’t enjoy Hairy’s voice. I believe his dialogue would have sounded much more threatening if I had read it in my own inner narrating voice. I suppose it just happens like that sometimes with David Tennant running out of new voices to create. That’s okay.

- GUMBOIL on the other hand was veryveryvery much enjoyable :D I WANNA SEE MORE OF HIM PLEEEAAAAASE

- “Perhaps Thor had decided to save their lives by taking out his hammer and knocking a piece out of the sky to strike down the enraged librarian.” You know. Every once in a while, Cressida produces wonderful, simplistic poetry. I really wish there was more of it!!! She would make a splendid poet I’m sure!!!

- pheeewwww, Stormfly got her memory back. Much relieved. I like her sooo muuuuch

- Toothless and Stormfly: second best chaotic friendship haha. WHAT A DUO XD what an unlikely pair to form a friendship. A jealous, selfish but unexpectedly loyal green gremlin and a beautiful, scaly, shiny liar with looong lashes.

- “Madguts is interested to hear, Bertha, that you feel there are some people it would be unwise to nick things from, because he would have thought that HE would be one of those people.” THE DELIVERY OF THAT LIIIIIIIIIINE Gumboil my new bff is awesome with words!!!!

- Stealth dragon is a real goodie-goodie, and he’s working for a real baddie-baddie. TRAITOR haha. Come to think of it, this dragon has neither a name nor an opinion about anything. It remains entirely silent, like its master. Don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing, concerning the oppression of dragons that we’ve already discussed

- Yo but Hiccup framing the Hairy Scary Librarian to save Bertha is sooooooooooo wroooooooooong and feels soooooooo out of character for him..... this wasn’t for the best of anyone, this was Hiccup saving himself and the people who were important to him. As a person who greatly valued books too, Hiccup should have understood why the Librarian acted territorial about them. Vikings stealing rare books for fun, damaging them, and never returning them, is something that makes my heart bleed and makes me feel like a great injustice was done to the Librarian for protecting them. The killing revenge spree he went on is “acceptable” because killing each other over trivial things is normal in that universe. What isn’t acceptable is Hiccup sending poor, UNCONSCIOUS Hairy to the Slave Lands!!!??? He’s INNOCENT!!! He wasn’t given a chance to defend himself, and he was in fact in the right about Hiccup stealing from him! Uhh Hiccup I expected better from you here??? Your later excuse about the Librarian is PATHETIC and I hope this mistake comes to bite you one day

- sure the Librarian should have made his library open to the public but that’s not a reason to send him to the Slave Lands for!!!????? @ book fandom I need your thoughts on this pls??? I’m yelling about a moral injustice here

- “Brilliant!”, whispered Camicazi under her breath. “That’s brilliant! - For a boy, of course.” haha but that comment was cute

- No, Gumboil doesn’t believe this bullshit and I applaud him for it (but that’s just the cherry on top. I would have liked him even if he hadn’t said this)

- “liberate” the Meathead Public Library and stop the ban on books ohhhkay

- okayyyyyy fine I get the lesson on the importance of public knowledge but it was still so unfair to that person. It didn’t justify the means. If Hiccup was so brilliant he could have done it differently. 

- Stoick is proud aahhhhhhhhhh

- Bertha is at least a good sport, wonderful

- Hiccup: “America!” - “Nosuchplace”, snorted Stoick. Lol

- Book can save your lives YES THEY CAN

- Hiccup gets a birthday banquet awwwww he deserves it after this day lol

[madamlaydebug]

Manifesting doesn’t have to be a ‘woo-woo’ far our there spacey new agey concept that makes people want to puke. It’s essentially a way to wrap up seeing the best in life and using our energy wisely in order to create specific outcomes (no matter what shows up on our shores).

Manifesting is just a fancy term to be consciously aware that our energy always has an outcome. Whatever you put out there comes back to you like a boomerang.

Over the years people have asked me how I became so good at manifesting and I truly believe that by quitting and giving up the following things, my energy field shifted and I started to feel a newfound sense of freedom where things/people/resources and experiences flowed into my current reality with a lot more ease and grace.

So here are 11 Things to Give Up to Manifest Your Desires…

1. GIVE UP THE NEED FOR PERFECTION

Nothing will ever be perfect, it will always present itself in the way it’s meant to. Learning to let go of perfection with the manifesting process can be one of the most freeing and liberating experiences you will have. It also, creates space for non-judgment to reign which is a beautiful thing and frees up the energy for things to manifest in divine timing.

2. GIVE UP CERTAIN LANGUAGE PATTERNS

Get rid of the following words and phrases from your vocabulary…

Hate

I can’t

I won’t

You’re wrong

I’m right

It’s always

Everything always

It’s impossible

It won’t happen

Pretty much anything that makes massive sweeping and limiting statements which prevent you from being open to all possibilities and ways that things can manifest into your life.

3. GIVE UP DRAINING RELATIONSHIPS

You know, the ones that make you feel cruddy. The relationships which aren’t balanced, don’t make you feel good or call out your inner demons. However, instead of quitting them and merely walking away, make sure you dive into the work within the relationship and figure out why the person (or people) push your buttons and figure out whether it’s really real. Hint: Everything is a reflection of you and it’s empowering to see beyond the situation to the soul of the matter.

4. GIVE UP UNHEALTHY FOOD

Junk food is awesome in moderation. However, if all you eat is junk then your vibration will be dull and not able to radiate at the level you know it can. Try eating vibrant and alive foods that are all colours of the rainbow. This will amplify your manifesting powers. The lighter your vibration, the more flow you will have in your life. Thus, the magnetic energy you vibe will be on fire.

5. GIVE UP BAD SLEEP PATTERNS

Your soul needs adequate time to recharge, so getting at least 8 hours of sleep per night will ensure you’re going to be able to thrive during the day and keep radiating the vibes it needs to in order to attract your desires.

6. GIVE UP BEING SUPER-REACTIVE OR DEFENSIVE

Soften up buttercup! This has been a major pattern in my life that I’m in the process of learning. You could be perfectly fine one moment and then swing in the completely opposite direction the next when someone says something that pushes your buttons. There is no need to be defensive, it’s just your ego’s cage getting rattled. Stand back, take a deep breath and don’t let anything mess with your natural state of beautiful alignment.

7. GIVE UP TRYING TO CHANGE PEOPLE

It’s not your place and it’s an impossible task. End of story.

8. GIVE UP TRYING TOO HARD

Time and time again I hear people saying that they created a vision board and their stuff still hasn’t shown up.

This is usually because people set intentions and then think that simply setting an intention will be enough to open the floodgates for manifesting to happen. This is false.

More often than not people get in their own way and don’t know how to surrender to the process. The old proverb is right: A watched pot never boils.

9. GIVE UP NOT SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH

You are allowed to express yourself in any way you wish. However, if your intentions are off then the Universe will always respond to that accordingly. Remember: Speaking your truth is an act of self love and self care.

10. GIVE UP BELIEVING THE ILLUSION

All of life is an illusion. The only real thing is LOVE. This, however, doesn’t mean that you can’t fully enjoy and have fun with the illusion. It’s a beautiful playground and that’s what we’re here for.

11. GIVE UP THINKING THAT HAPPINESS IS A DESTINATION

You won’t be happy when you lose the weight, land the job, attract the soulmate. What is important is RIGHT NOW. Happiness is all about the journey, because when you get to the desired destination your dreams have usually radically shifted anyway. Enjoy the NOW.

Did you enjoy these? If you did please ‘like’ and ‘share’ to help someone else in your life to see the power they have to manifest their desires.

[hetalia-has-a-secretary]

hello! I saw that your asks were open, I was wondering if I could maybe request a scenario on how the nordics would react to a colony!s/o that's just liberated from their grasp? :)

*softly whispers* I have to look up what a colony means uhhh-

Oh okay I can do so much with this.

Denmark:

He was kind of sad about it, but also really happy.

He didn't expect to fall in love with one of his Colonies.

But seeing how strong they got certainly put a smile on his face.

Even if they aren't under him no longer, he hopes they can still be good allies, and keep dating.

Sweden:

Outwardly he seems to be wicked upset

Inwardly he's trying not to cry his eyes out.

His inner monologue keeps saying how awesome they are, and how happy they will be on their own.

All he's really able to say to them are things like "If you need help call me" or "Don't get too down if this doesn't work out"

He's not trying to be negative, he just doesn't want to sound uncool, especially in front of his S/O

Finland:

He's happy for them

But drinks heavily for fear of loosing them.

Once it's obvious they're still lovers he's going to be more than happy to ally with them!

Let alone be by their side, he's going to try really hard to thrive along side them!

Norway:

Ah- is that so?

He's kind of 'meh' about it.

He figured it was going to happen eventually

Even then he can't hide the smile he gives them

He doesn't say much to them, other than wishing them the best, and hoping to hangout with them soon

Iceland:

He's on the edge of deviation.

He goes through three phases

The first is he thinks of himself as silly for ever falling for one of his Colonies

Then he blames himself for not seeing this situation coming. Even if he's happy for them he thinks this is the end of the relationship

And the final phase is the flustered state over the fact they still want to be with him.

Mr Puffin may or may not be telling his S/O every detail when his back's turned.

[thelast-genderbender]

So a lil’ life update if anyone’s interested: I turned 18 last month and on my journey into adulthood I’ve realized that I’m actually a lesbian, not bi like I’d been thinking for several years. I also decided to stop shaving, and I’m trying to build up the confidence to wear the clothes I like, even if my body hair is exposed. Removing that inner male gaze that Margaret Atwood wrote about is really difficult, but I'm hoping that reclaiming my body will help boost my confidence in the future. 

I’ve been repulsed by men my entire life but I think I hesitated to accept it for so long because of how scary the idea of being a lesbian is. As I’ve become a radical feminist I’ve learned to recognize that my fear of being gay/GNC stems from the fact that the pop culture I’ve viewed since childhood is constantly reinforcing the idea that women that don’t act or dress in the “right” way have no place in society, which makes it seem incredibly difficult to connect with other lesbians/radfems or achieve female separatism altogether- not to mention the fact that lesbian spaces seem to have gone extinct (at least here in Texas). I’m terrified of being ostracized and isolated as a result of my sexuality, but I’m determined to one day create a happy and connected life for myself as a liberated woman. 

Long story short, I wanted to make this post to ask you all if you have any advice for me and others like me when it comes to meeting like-minded women irl or living as a gender-nonconforming lesbian. To start, I’ve joined some awesome female-only/radfem discord servers (message me if you would like the invite links!) but I’m always looking for ways to build a sense of community with other women. If you have any advice or if you’re struggling with the same things please feel free to message me/reblog this with your thoughts. I would love to learn from y’all!

[reflectionsofneptune]

little reasons why you could be attracting particular signs

Some reasons why you could be attracting these signs, or signs on these particular house cusps. I had lots of fun w/ this post so take it w/ a pinch of salt. My lil thoughts as usual. Big kiss. 

Aries / sign on your 1st House Cusp

You’re frustrated. Or maybe you’ve suddenly been onset with a surge of energy for a particular project or subject that’s close to your heart. Feeling risky? Or, are you feeling lost? Is there something you want to dive all in to? Are you becoming more confident in yourself? Giving yourself pep talks in the mirror? Daily reminders popping up on the phone? Aries energy is all about putting energy in the world (Cardinal) based on one’s aspirations (Fire). The universe could be asking you to stop being all talk and dreaming of things (Pisces) to the point where all they remain wistful fantasies and take action. (Aries/1st house) Steps forward, no matter how small, no matter how big, count.

Taurus / sign on your 2nd House cusp

You’re hungry. Hahahaha I’m laughing while I double check my fridge knowing there’s nothing there :) :) What are your boundaries looking like? Have you got a firm idea of what you will and won’t stand for? Do you have something in your life you’re nurturing? Do you need to pay more attention to your coins? Working on self-love? Taurus energy is all about consolidating (Fixed) material things and a solid value system (Earth) to help circulate a feeling of stability in their life. The universe could be asking you to to take that vision you have (Aries) and line up all the things you have accessible to you, right this very minute, that can make that happen. (Taurus/2nd house) Appreciate what you have, and watch how many new things pour in.

Gemini / sign on your 3rd House cusp

You’ve been gossiping. So that person you bitched about heard what you said…..and this Gemini in your life…..is here to get the receipts…..i’m sorry, I don’t make the rules. SIKE. What are you paying attention to nowadays? Ideas? Other people’s opinions? Are you learning something new? Maybe you need to not be so attached to ideas, thoughts and concepts coming from other people. Make your own mind up. Do you have interesting ideas you can share with people, but you’re keeping it under wraps? No fair. Gemini energy is all about sharing (Mutable) their opinions (air) with other people. The universe could be asking you to express your unique talents (Taurus) with the world through a platform of some sort. (Gemini/ 3rd house) It’s OK to speak up about your ideas. I bet they’re awesome. 

Cancer / sign on your 4th house cusp

You’ve been crying. Nah I’m playing. (but if you have, that’s OK too). Maybe you’ve been working on your inner child. Have you been taking some time to re-parent yourself with good food, good company and that one film you loved as a kid? Are you healing trauma from your childhood? Maybe healing needs to be done on the female relationships in your life. Maybe you need to be honest about the things in you life you emotionally react to in situations that doesn’t warrant this kind of behaviour. Cancer energy is all about actively (Cardinal) nurturing themselves and others (Water) through comforting actions.The universe could be asking you to look at your thoughts (Gemini/3rd house) and seeing what a direct impact that has on your emotions. What we think has a correlation to the feelings we feel.

Leo / sign on your 5th house cusp

You’re doing too much. There’s probably an area of your life, where you’re shining. It’s possibly your living from the heart now. You’re putting yourself out there. Or, maybe you need to take the time to have some fun? Are you ignoring those recurring impulses to do something creative which will feed your spirit? Leo energy is all about being self-willed (Fixed) in their ability to showcase their creative self-expression (Fire) to others. Leo’s know that they are the shit, you can’t tell ‘em nothin’. The universe could be asking you to find a special way to channel your emotions (Cancer/4th house) into an artistic expression somehow. Creativity is so subjective - beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder at the end of the day. You’re doing amazing, sweetie. *KJ voice* hehehehe.

Virgo / sign on your 6th house cusp

You need to clean up an area of your life. Virgo energy is all about being adaptable (Mutable) with one’s ideas as well as routines and habits in one’s daily life (Earth). Are you becoming more organised? Paying more attention to what you’re ingesting in all forms, staring from the food you’re eating to the people you’re surrounding yourself with? Or maybe you need to Marie Kondo something, bad. Bring order into a chaotic structure in your life. Maybe, those self-defeating thoughts that do no good for your well-being need a stern talking to. A balance needs to be struck between the mental side and the physical side. The universe could be asking you to better shape that creative talent you have (Leo/5th house) and refine it. Not to a level of perfection which is often unattainable, but a little tweak here and never hurt anybody.

Libra / sign on your 7th house cusp

You’re out of balance. Libra is all about a dedicated intention (Cardinal) of obtaining harmony and a sense of fairness in relationships (Air) of all kinds, be it platonic, romantic, professional. Maybe you’ve been giving extra care to your relationships and are showing up for those people that have had your back. Are you missing out on the beauty in life? Vacillating between two things? Or maybe you’ve taken a good look at the people around you, and people who don’t match your energy have got the chop. Can you see two sides to one situation? The universe could be asking you to take a look at how the lens - be it critical, analytical, thoughtful or helpful - (Virgo/6th house) in which you view people hinders or strengths your partnerships.The great thing about life is people are often mirrors, what you dislike in someone else, may actually be present within you on a deeper level. 

Scorpio / sign on your 8th house cusp

You’re sexually frustrated. Are you going through a pivotal change in your life? Or are you tapping into your sexual power? Sexual liberating yourself from things that held you down? Maybe discernment has been strengthened lately and you’re not taking much at face level anymore. Playing detective? Or, are you struggling to open up to others? To be vulnerable. Do you need to let go of something? Scorpio energy is all about a strong willpower and determination in life (Fixed) that comes from a total transformation and understanding of one’s unconscious wants and desires. (Water) The universe could be asking you to look at the ways your unconscious childhood emotional patterns affect your relationships. (Libra/7th house) Life gets better when you don’t hold back and open yourself to experiencing things, fully. Promise.

Sagittarius / sign on your 9th house cusp

You’re been acting reckless. Have you been seeing life from a more expansive point of view? Maybe you’re taking risks in life and they’re paying off in ways you didn’t dream possible. Look at you. Are you wanting to just drop all responsibilities and F off to somewhere completely different? The idea of throwing yourself into the deep end of this thing called life look appealing? I feel you. Or maybe, you’ve being a bit more blunt, honest in life and saying things for how they are. Do you need to lighten up in an area of you life? Maybe, there’s an area of life that needs to you to rely on your higher mind and follow your heart. Sagittarius energy is all about widening their beliefs (Fire) in a curious fashion as they explore life. (Mutable) The universe could be asking you to dive deeper into your shadow side (Scorpio/8th) to aid you in personal growth. 

Capricorn / sign on your 10th house cusp

You’re too preoccupied with your career. Recently, you could have been thinking about what you want to do in life. Getting more serious on your life purpose kind of thing. Perhaps the steps you need to take are becoming more clear. You’re becoming more clear on your position in society. Or, you feel a fear about stepping into your power. You may be questioning whether or not you have what it takes. Possible responsibilities looking more like burdens than opportunities for growth. Capricorn energy is all about disciplined efforts in steps in their world (Cardinal) to secure one’s material security. (Earth) The universe could be nudging you to actually cement your dreams (Sagittarius/ 9th house) house into something practical. Let’s get the bag. I mean, let’s graft for the life that we really want. 

Aquarius / sign on your 11th cusp

You’re being rebellious. Have you been researching a broader range of topics related to human consciousness?  Perhaps you’re investing effort in your friendships. It could be that now the way you react to things, or you’re actively trying to see people, places and things from a more objective standpoint. Or you need to incorporate that viewpoint in your life. Is there an area of life where you just need to be brave and be rebellious? Aquarian energy is all about establishing (Fixed) an inventive and progressive way in which one can use in relating to others in society. (air) The universe could be asking you to further mould what you produce in the real world (Capricorn/10th house) to ensure that it has positive benefits for society.

Pisces / sign on your 12th house cusp

You’re tapping out. Or, you’re not but you are giving yourself precious time to do some productive visualisation. Maybe you’ve been researching spiritual topics such as LOA and manifestation. Do you need to forgive yourself, or someone else? Maybe compassion is how you’re living your life nowadays and it feels amazing. Realising that we’re all connected in one way, shape or form? Pisces energy is all about being the ability to co-exist (Mutable) with whatever life throws at them by relying on their intuition (Water) and connection to a higher power to get them though. The universe could be asking you to look at how you can give back (Aquarius/11th house) or, alternatively, make a deeper connection with yourself. The good, bad and the ugly. Does your ego need a check?

[fanartfunart]

@sapony01​ commented on one of my Sides Swap posts: Can you explain their function and personality a bit better/explore them? Some are kinda obvious but some kinda confuse me

And, but of course! I’m totally open to it! (I’m mostly making another post for it because otherwise it’ll get absurdly long)

To summarize, the main idea is that they keep their personality and secondary traits they represent (Like Ego, Emotionality, ect), while further representing the Main Trait (like Anxiety, Creativity, ect)

The rest under the cut:

Anxiety

Roman: His key representation of Anxiety would befall closer to overemphasizing bravery and ignoring problems, and of course, insecurities. Thus a focus on Dangers you can Fight, and avoiding things you can’t. A emphasis on the Knight theme as a representation of bravery. He’d use ego and theatricality as a cover- a ‘be weird before people can accuse you of being weird because then it’s on purpose’ type logic.

Patton: The type of Anxiety where you emotionally over extending yourself because you’re scared of social-emotional repercussions. Caring so much that there’s no time and energy to care for yourself. Also a good representation of the Dad-Friend override for Anxiety.

Logan: A representation of over-analyzing the world like an outsider, that emotional distance that, while you’re curious of all the things around you, you can’t help but focus on the bad. Avoidance becomes a key factor and everything is categorized as bad or good off of exaggerated ‘proof’.

Janus: Very self protective to the point that things outside the Comfort Zone are almost always negative and overwhelming. Sarcasm, brittleness, and lying as a way to avoid things outside the Comfort Zone.

Remus: Overthinking creating an Anxious reaction. Basically seeing things in the shadows and over-analyzing interactions. Essentially worries cropping up out of the idea of various terrible things you can think of possibly coming at you from the smallest of hints to it. Also Knight theme because why not.

Creativity 

Logan: A more organized and analytic approach to creative works. Prone to being a literary critic. Draws from media to explain a point. As creativity would likely be the type of writer that hides details and metaphors in everything, focus on foreshadowing and the such.

Janus: Never lets anything be direct, people should be able to make their own conclusions about the meaning of the text. Probably thinks method acting is fun. The kind of actor/writer that easily shrugs on different types of characterizations that it makes other people dizzy seeing him switch between them.

Virgil: Your inner Emo Art Phase personified (everyone has at least one somewhere in there). Would prefer to be either a lesser known creator, or not let Thomas use his real name (thus Ghostwriter), because being Known is Awkward and his work can get too real, being known as a real person could detract from the art. Focus on art as an outlet for expressing negative feelings and stress relief.

Patton: Take your craft-happy relative who always hand-makes gifts and you’ve got Creativity Patton. Just wants to have fun and share the fun. Draws from positive emotional experiences for creativity because he wants to give everyone who sees said art a hug through said art. (Yes, his design is vaugely based off of Disney’s Pinocchio Geppetto aka Pinocchio’s dad.)

Remus: Take Remus as he is, and then take the ‘intrusiveness’ out of him. He basically has all the same horrifying ideas, but he doesn’t use them to make Thomas upset or anything, he’s just making stories.

Logic

Patton: Sorta a relaxed logic, understands not everything can be solved with a clean logical solution and that emotions hold a important space in people’s actions. Is that little logical voice when you’re super mad going ‘you’re mad because this, this, and this, and this is probably an overreaction to what you’re expressing your anger to, but it’s still valid.’ Prone to emotional fallacies though.

Virgil: You know any super cool teacher/professor who teaches you what the book says and then closes the book and says ‘ok now guess what, they’re also wrong, and I’m probably wrong too’?? Virgil as logic. (also why I kinda gave him the ‘tired + university hoodie’ style) Emphasizes learning from various sources and never trusting any of them 100%. Doesn’t trust his own information either, and it makes him stressed.... but like, he’s always stressed anyway so it’s chill. 

Roman: Bounces from topic to topic to learn. Very curious and easily inspired- also easily distracted. The definition of what a liberal arts education should be doing- aka, connecting seemingly unrelated topics. An Encyclopedia of very specific information. But, once he’s got a set of information it’s hard to let go of it, which makes it hard to adjust to being told he’s wrong.

Janus: Emphasis on how information is always being adjusted, and people’s biases are always present in studies and interpretation. Focuses on debunking things. Also kinda makes it hard to 100% be sure of any information presented.

Remus: Enjoys abusing the ‘technicalities’ in things. A little hard to follow in terms of train of thought. Disturbing Facts are still facts.

Morality

Virgil: Emphasis on sympathy and ‘do what you’d hope people would do for you’ moral arguments. Focus on social structure for the ground rules for moral behavior. That guy who’s constantly nice because he wished someone was nice to him, ya know? Hates the idea of being a bad person so much that it causes a lot of guilt and mistrust of the self.

Logan: Thinks of moral behavior as an equation of sorts. People do good things and that causes good things and that allows the social structure to work as it should, so do good things. Draws on philosophy and other social sciences to argue his points. Easy to readjust his thinking with proper reasoning.

Roman: Just wants people to be happy! And to be good! Emphasis on the reactions of others and how that effects your social/emotional well-being. Do good because it feels good kinda guy (he wants to be somebody’s Hero, ya know how it be).

Janus: Understands that morality is such a grey place that most anything can be seen as bad if you argue it enough. Places value on the self as someone deserving of feeling good as well, and bases moral values on what you as an individual wants to do. Also still kinda morally grey in general and probably shouldn’t always be listened to.

Remus: I Follow no Rules but My Own. Full rejection of social pressures. What precisely that means for his resulting moral standing is up to debate.

Deceit

Logan: Woorsst lair because he’ll twist truth and facts into it and it’s hard to pick out what’s the lie. Very blunt about his role as deception and its benefits and drawbacks. Very good about remembering which lies were told when and to who. Not the kind to lie more than seen necessary.

Roman: Focus on lying as acting and getting to where you need to go in life. ‘Fake it til you make it’ is his motto and it also includes mental states. Makes it hard to be honest about feelings. Very much a ‘lying to yourself’ aspect.

Virgil: Lying to avoid perceived negative repercussions. Lying still bothers him- as lying can also cause negative reactions. Focus on lying in reaction to events, less so on lying to the self. Not every lie is especially necessary though, knee-jerk reactions and fear make it very easy to lie. Lies of omission being the most utilized.

Remus: The opposite to Roman’s ‘lying to yourself’. Lying to others just to see their reactions. Uses being ‘blatantly honest’ about taboo subjects to seem honest about other things.

Patton: Lying to spare people’s feelings and being perceived well. Focus on lying or omitting the truth to seem like everything’s awesome.

Intrusive Thots

Patton: Makes emotional reactions overwhelmingly hard to gauge and control, results in terrifying thoughts and feelings with little control or filter. Gets stuck on ideas because of how hard he’s trying to push it away (yea know, like the white bear experiment).

Virgil: Thinks in problem solving, but the problems are of course, the thoughts of his own creation. Incessant about ‘solving’ the perceived problem.... not much else changes.

Logan: The Mad Scientist aesthetic is fun, what can I say? Takes facts and focuses on the scary parts, and then brings them back up on the slightest hint of relevance, and sometimes just Because. Some of it is curiosity taken into a frightening territory and gets overwhelming.

Janus: Emphasis on what happens if terrible things happened. Also likes using the ‘you’re gonna go to hell anyway just dive in with me’ argument. Occasionally pops up in a way that sounds almost nice, then turns horrifying very quickly.

Roman: Take Roman, make his ideas more Remus. He’s already Loud and Proud, just make him scarier, and a little more incessant and probably a little more arrogant for good measure.