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This is something a lot of us seem to forget sometimes, and I am happy to remind you and myself of this true statement. Thank you Victoria for inspiring me yesterday with these words. In the spirit of these thought I am making plans and goals to live my life with more intentions, and keeping this in mind I think that journey will be a bit easier.

To read more about the quote from the book and the author go here and here. And buy the book here. I hope you will like what these amazing women have for you. I think this book is amazing and I plan to read it.

For more tips and tricks on living with intention visit lovely Jess.

Have a lovely day <3

Love,

Agy.

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I got 99 problems but this moment ain’t one

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Such wonderful, wonderful words from Jess Lively.

Very inspiring and so true. We really have to be thankful for all our moments, with or without problems and train ourselves to recognize true "problems" in life. That way we can avoid spending our time, energy and focus on wrong things, false problems and be more focused on positive, truly important things in life.

These words are from her post about a book The Power of Now. You should check out her blog, she is an inspiring writer and enterprenuer.  Her work is already well know in the comunity and well respected as well. She also writes for TDL, I actually find her through her post there and followed links to her amazing blog.

 

Love,

Agyness

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TDL: the daily love

TDL/The daily love is a website that spreads so much love, positive thinking and inspires people in words that cannot do it justice. So I need to share this. I`ve been reading slowly and enjoying every post word by word, being inspired by authors and community members with their comments.

The article that inspired me today was the one about how to find and communicate with a higher self. I can say I know nothing about the subject, and I was so amazed and inspired with readers comments below the post, just couldn`t stop reading. I even took a note of a book recommended in comments, looked it up in my library, and plan to pick it up when going home from work. The book is called The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron.

Another great article from TDL, is one from Mastin Kipp about fears and how we need to overcome them, take charge and do what we want and dream of right now! The time is perfect. We all have fears, small or big, scary or just annoying, we all tend to get overwhelmed by them from time to time. They tend to slow us or totally

incapacitate people in pursuing their hopes and dreams. I am often bound by my fears of doing some changes in my life mainly regarding my work. I am so miserable doing what I am doing now and when finally an opportunity presents I tend to be all negative about why should they hire me, although I am qualified for the job, or I just start constructing irrational reasons why taking this job wouldn`t pay out in the end.

Recently I have decided that I am done with that kind of thinking and approaching to life. I got only one to live and I fully intend to live the rest of it much happier. I know I am only 30 now, but panta rei and you never know when your number is up. Such a gloomy thought but it is true. So, to make the best of it from now on I go by one true and simple premise -  YOLO!

Changing, or better to say – adjusting my mindset to positive thinking can be very challenging at times. I get caught up in “reality” thoughts and stumble at times, but in the end because I truly believe that positive approach can change my life for better I adjust this “reality” to be more positive and inspiring.

Another article regarding fears that sometimes paralyzes us in living our dreams and how to change that point of view for better and more fearless is this one written by Christine Hassler.

“What If It Was All Made Up?” is the main premise of her article and she explains the crucial difference between real (much needed in some situations) and fake fear and how to recognize them. Empowering and inspiring, the article is just the right one I needed to boost me today. Why? Because today I went for THE job interview, and although it went very very well I still catch myself throughout the day thinking all those “what-ifs?!”

She made a great point on that:

We scare ourselves with questions like: What if it doesn’t work out like I want, what if I fail, what if I lose, what if I get hurt, what if I can’t handle it, what if I get rejected? Do any of these “what if” questions sound familiar to you? If they do, you are spooking yourself unnecessarily. You have absolutely no proof that any of your “what if” questions are accurate because you are just making it all up!

Boosted by their positive ness and love they share I think I will share TDL wisdom more often here with you.

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Just begin (even if mercury retrograde tries to mess up your plans!)





… and never give up!

Even after enduring so many computer crashes and technical difficulties while preparing pictures for this post.  I had my mind set on publishing a post today from last night and I decided to do it no matter the cost. I am happy to announce that I won! The machine lost.

While reading and browsing my favorite blogs I took a peek of Gala`s blog. Since she is such an inspiring person there is a lot to be read, but to me, two posts were of significance. One about mercury retrograde (explains a lot of my troubles from earlier today) that helped me to understand the world around me a little better so I could adjust myself to stress accordingly. The other one inspired the tone of this post.

I am totally and absolutely caught up in analysis paralysis. From head to toe and about everything I do. And because of that I decided to go crazy and just write. Just publish this post that will be just one of many, and probably seem silly in few months. But as Gala says “Just begin”.

Since I have been out and about the blogosphere for almost a decade, and although I never had a blog this personal and focused on writing and expressing yourself through more than pretty pictures (and in English for that fact!), I have spent a lot of time reading other blogg(er)s and couldn`t help myself not to focus on design first. Now when that is all set (it was easy-peasy this time, surprise!) I need to let go and just begin.

Thank you again Gala for encouraging and inspiring. Thank you world for being so wonderful and full of opportunities.

Love,

A.

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Welcome & Hello

Hello!
Welcome to "Bring your own disco ball" blog.

First times are always a bit awkward  and although I have written my first blog post ever in 2004, and had several different blogs in this past (almost a) decade, I really feel a bit overwhelmed. With a hint of stage fright. Its like writing a super important speech for a great audience.

Yes, I am nervous. But, I have decided it is time to embark on this journey called lifestyle on line diary. Who knows where this will take me. I am sure I will meet so many wonderful and inspiring people.

I have been contemplating the idea of creating this kind of blog for a while, feeling excited while setting all this up. Its like buying a new (paper) diary, cracking it open and preparing to embellish the first page with your most inspiring words in your best hand writing.  Getting some flashbacks, right?

After browsing the web for some inspiration for my first post I have found an article that suggested to unplug and just be one with yourself, pen and paper, no gadgets of any kind. Just you and your thoughts. Leave it all behind you and pour it all out. At the time I was at work and couldn't wait to get home to be in my safe place all alone. It turned out to be just the thing I needed. I re-wrote and rebuild the blog and the post.

I think this is it. This can go live.

While doing my daily reading and browsing interesting and inspiring people, I found an amazing post with a great title that became my blog name. Thank you Gala. I hope this little diary of mine will live up to its inspiration.

Can't wait to see this project grow and develop into something I can be proud of. Wish me luck.

Don't forget to bring your own disco ball <3

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