“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” - Toni Morrison A nice continuation of yesterday’s Note about changing the inputs if you aren’t happy with your outputs. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
2 days ago • 1 min read
Hope you had a great week. This weekend was full of sports--2 soccer matches for Leo, 1 for Silas, and 4 basketball games for Roman, which didn't leave much time for weekend creating. So we'll keep this week's intro short and get straight to this week's Notes... 📝 this week's Daily Notes 4.13.26 #1176 no limits 4.14.26 #1177 default to optimism 4.15.26 #1178 do it for you 4.16.26 #1179 self-preservation 4.17.26 #1180 when you know why 4.18.26 #1181 play to play 4.19.26 #1182 change the inputs...
3 days ago • 1 min read
If you aren’t happy with the outcomes in your life, then it might be time to take a look at what you’re doing to receive them. It’s easy to play the victim, especially if you are doing what you’re “supposed to do” but not getting the results you feel you should. For example, I haven’t hit the physical goals I want—I want to drop body fat, rebuild some muscle I let slip over the years, and regain a six-pack. I started working out with my trainer regularly and working out from home when I’m not...
3 days ago • 1 min read
“All art is a work in progress. It’s helpful to see the piece we’re working on as an experiment. One in which we can’t predict the outcome. Whatever the result, we will receive useful information that will benefit the next experiment. If you start from the position that there is no right or wrong, no good or bad, and creativity is just free play with no rules, it’s easier to submerge yourself joyfully in the process of making things. We’re not playing to win, we’re playing to play. And...
4 days ago • 1 min read
It’s amazing what happens when you connect with the details in your Authentic Life. When you know what you want, why you want it, and how it aligns with your Authentic Life, it is not uncommon to receive it and receive it sooner than you can imagine. I’m seeing it happen all around me, and all I can do is smile. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
5 days ago • 1 min read
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.” -Audre Lorde It is easy to fall into the trap of sacrificing your Self in order to serve others. Many of us strive to be selfless to take care of others—our family, clients, friends, and even strangers. What we fail to realize is that being too selfless is actually selfish. We are placing our desire to help others, often rooted in love and coming from a good place, above taking care of our Selves. It might take a while to...
6 days ago • 1 min read
There’s been a lot of conversation, even controversy, about Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance. I’ve only seen clips and read about the YouTube sing-along, but I’m a fan of what he did. First, it seems that his fans—his true fans loved the stroll down memory lane, which is what really matters. Who cares what the media has to say when they aren’t the ones he created his music for? Second, and I’m not sure if this is true, but it sounds plausible, that by playing his songs on YouTube and...
7 days ago • 1 min read
Living your Authentic Life requires you to be optimistic. The energy associated with pessimism will never vibrate at a frequency as high as your Authentic Life. Currently, there is an abundance of pessimism in the world. And while it’s understandable why pessimism persists, it keeps those who default to it unhappy and prevents them from living their Authentic Life. Optimism doesn’t mean ignoring the injustices in the world. Optimism doesn’t mean that you don’t get upset or sad at times....
8 days ago • 1 min read
“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” -Bruce Lee See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
9 days ago • 1 min read