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Pattern Disrupt is an invitation to intentional curiosity. This is a newsletter an exploration of metacognition (thinking about how you think) through the lenses of creativity, discipline, and spirituality.
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The question that haunts me every time I change (opens the original)
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I’ve given years of energy, time, and hope to trying to make my business work.In 2018, I had vision and the perfect amount of naivety to declare myself an entrepreneur. At the time, I sought to be a full time artist and committed to painting everyday. I submitted my work all over, had a piece displayed in the Barnes Foundation, and even helped curate an exhibit for a local gallery.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mn0R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,
You were never supposed to hold this alone (opens the original)
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How does collective ritual free the individual?First, let’s take a deep breath. Close your eyes, inhale to the count of 4, hold for 4, then exhale to the count of 8.What do you feel? I feel a bit buzzy, calmer, and more aware of my breathing, the trees, and the quality of the air around me.Air, the invisible, ever present element that connects us all to the broader ecosystem. When I think about all that goes into me taking a breath, I think about how inseparable my survival is from the world aro
Personal Responsibility is one helluva drug (opens the original)
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There is, at times, a great chasm between my desire and my readiness to embody that desire.Personal responsibility is the bridge I have to rediscover time and time again.I don’t mean readiness as confidence or competence.No, readiness in this case is more of an active conviction, a commitment to being.Funny how we can live the desire and still not be committed to it.I desire to be an entrepreneur to work how I want, on my own time.For the past 2 years, I’ve done exactly that: chosen my projects,
Ritual has nothing to do with going with the flow (opens the original)
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I’m fluent in ritual as an embodied practice, but it becomes a foreign, slippery thing when I try to express it verbally.Ritual holds so much charge and meaning and function that it overwhelms me to try to compress my understanding into this imprecise, narrow language. However, my dear friend and developmental editor walela has told me multiple times that I need to write more about ritual, so I’m pushing at the edges of my comfort.Becau
Creating momentum became effortless once I doubled down on this (opens the original)
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The past 13 months have honestly been the most satisfying run of entrepreneurship I’ve ever had in my life.This year1 my focal point has been discovery. I’m experimenting with what offers and services I love to deliver, how I most enjoy marketing and selling my work, and what processes feel genuinely delicious in the backend of my business.Through this curiosity-driven approach, I’ve built incredible projects for orgs I’ve been enamored with for years like <a href="https://starpowered.
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