I set my intention, learned what a ‘limiting belief’ was, found a key one of my own, and talked to friends about how and where we form our beliefs about love.

It’s been 2 weeks since I shared the pilot episode, and while there is no incentive for me to amass reader/listenership – I was pleasantly surprised with how many people tuned in. Thank you kindly for your attention and time, seriously, it’s a hot commodity.

After trashing the draft for this episode a few times, I realized knowing people were listening was adding a lil more pressure. I was nervous writing a follow up to that short punchy thing I was getting some positive validation for. Oh noooo.. I thought the jump was the hardest part! Nope time to swim!

Call it writer’s block or procrastination, but after a few days of that, I had to revisit the acceptance criteria I created for the project:

* Is it authentic?

* Can I be more honest?

* Am I poking fun at what needs to be poked?

* Is it good enough?

Yes to all = publish.

Good enough. That’s the last one for a reason. So many times we do great things or almost great things, and then we decide for everyone else that it isn’t good enough. Some smart people said variations of, ‘don’t let perfect be the enemy of good or done’, and I say to myself, ‘sup excuses 👀’.

To get to 12 episodes and a poetic bow on this ode to self-development and love, I have to publish episode 11, and to publish 11, I need to stop frigging around worrying about episode 2. Is that a swear? Do I need to mark my podcast as explicit?

Back to earth: Okay, I’ve decided it’s good enough. It’s the perfect honest beginning. A bit messy, naiive, and full of apprehension and assumptions. The best starts usually are, and there is nothing more satisfying than organizing chaos.

And after hearing the voices of everyone I included this week, it just filled me up, so time to share those beautiful souls.

Links! If I talked about some things, here they are:

* To Be Magnetic : I will speak highly but also critically about this throughout the series. The podcast is a good place to start if you’re curious, the EXPLAINED episodes, or this is probably a good one to start with: Ep. 159 Best in Class – Manifestation

Exercise:

In the episode I talked about the new years reflection exercise, it might be simple, or if you keep a journal like me may take some time. I write out each month of the year, and then flip through and remind myself about what I was doing/thinking/feeling, and force myself to keep it on 1 line.

I went back to look at the one I wrote around that time, and funny enough, this was one of the lines:

* June: vision creation, St. Thomas, podcast prophecy, portfolio procrastination

Catch you next week ✌️

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