Welcome to creatively exposed in 2020. I'm happy to be back. And I am amazed at saying that since it's been a very weird, weird week, it's been a heavy week. It's been. It's been a tough week. But as soon as the year started, I have encountered just better energy more hope more like let's get our dreams done. vibes and I've had a really cool conversations where people are like, these are my goals. I'm going you know, these are the things that I want and I am going to make this happen. And so I am really excited. I feel like there's good going to be a little bit of everything this year, a little bit of a lot of bit of transformational energy and sometimes transformation is beautiful sometimes it is really, really hard. I'm some i'm, i'm looking forward. Thank you to everyone who has been listening to my previous episodes. I officially hit 1000 before the year was over, listens downloads etc and look at that little me with somebody is listening. So, here I am, I am here again. updates so my book saga situation You don't know I've been trying, I've been working, not trying, working on getting my second book, self published. And with lots of grief and determination, I have been able to put my ebook on pre order. I'm working on getting my print book formatted. So I can also put that in pre order. And I have one more format that I really, really, really, really, really want to work on. But take some learning and some creative growth and emotional expression that I have not reached yet. So To be continued. Um, my first book is actually on sale. And these are collections of poetry. First one, which is Liz flow reflects is about 16 pages long and it's soflo women's empowerment. discussions on micro aggressions all in spoken word form in the second one is called soliloquy of an ice queen. If you want to check out my really cool covers book trailer, you can check it out at s as in sam i q book on Instagram. And we're figuring out some things there has been it's been a heavy week for my family and I because there's been a it's called a swarm of earthquakes and you might be hearing my neighbor it's yeah There's been a swarm of earthquakes going on since December 28 in Puerto Rico, and I'm recording this the 12th of January, which is the 10 year anniversary of Haiti having their horrid earthquake 10 years ago. And I just find the irony of it all, but you know, we are here. Unfortunately, these swarms are in the areas that I grew up in that my mother grew up in and so forth. So it's been really hard. I'm saying I'm a lot. It has been really difficult to see. All of the memory is being crumbled into smaller pieces. And it's just it's hard to see. It's hard to see. And they keep coming, which I think is the scariest part. It's not like one big earthquake does its damage for however long and that's it. It just keeps going. But like my family, I think it has helped me a lot has said to, you know, pray have hope, even though I'm still figuring out what hope looks like for me. So for the new year, let's get a little bit out of that energy, right. Wow, these people are so loud. I have a couple of things and changes that I'll probably be going through. I don't know 100% yet if it feels right, but I will be returning to school, which I find terrifying. But here we are, you know, discomfort is the name of the game for 2020 at least for me. It's a it's a year of you know, I work hard. I dream hard. What is it what she say? Oh no, insert Beyonce lyric I grind hard till I get it. So there's gonna be school there is the book that I'm working on publishing. It does need final for, like revisions. And we'll see we'll see. I don't know if I'll be doing weekly episodes for a little while. Maybe this season will be a You know, bi monthly episodes, I have a whole bunch of interviews that I have done that were super exciting to do. I just need to be as excited to edit them and get them pop in with really excellent, exciting and interesting guests. So that is what I'm looking forward to for this season. And I have a, a subject conversation in my heart about basically, our dreams. It's been a discussion that I've had with my therapist, and it might be a multi part kind of situation, maybe solo conversation and then a conversation with a friend and then a shocker Episode, so stay tuned for that. And I'm, I'm really happy to be back. It's It's refreshing. I feel like 2019 shaped me into a being I didn't know I could tap into. And so I'm tapping man. And all those things are feeling so bleak with like the state of the world. It was like my friend and I were talking about. She said, Well, we still have to find our own kind of happy and what that means for us And we are our own revolution. You know? My talk space therapist was kind of like how can we kind of make our little piece of Earth better? And how does that help others and so in me finding peace and working towards joy and dreams and some things that don't feel tangible but just going at it anyway I think helps the people around me because to feel like I am more in my purpose and more aligned i think i vibrate higher And I can share that vibration with others. And so, if you've been struggling this week there's like all these astrological reasons and Capricorn is out here showing out and all of these things and it's really get it or get out of the way but let us not get out of the way of our own journeys Be it through whatever fear or lack of boundaries times gonna pass why not do it anyway? and see where you go. That's kind of how I feel about school. It I haven't been in school for years, and the subject matter might be a little more complex or might not, who knows? But, um, what's the worst thing that could happen? And what's the best thing that can happen? I think, at least for me, I tend to think, Oh, you know, like the school thing. This is not gonna work or I'm gonna fail or whatever, but it's like, what if you pass? What if you Ace this thing? What if you realize that this is like the dopest thing you ever took? it's laughable. But I don't know yet. So why not look at that side, versus, you know, instantly instant doom and you know, a backup lips of self. Stay tuned for the next conversation that I really, really I have it on my heart. And you will see that that in itself is upon. But I haven't in my heart to discuss that. You know, I haven't really been able to feel the desire to write down like all these goals and all these things and whatever but I know what it feels like. What are your goals for 2020? What are your goals for the decade? How does it feel to you? Does your body know what your goals are? And how are you feeding yourself? In always right? emotionally, physically etc. To be able to be present in your goals and intentional. I think there's a less flailing in the dark to do whatever. And more intentionally, intentionally going into alignment. Cuz things hit different when you're in alignment. So tune in there pay attention to that. And let's see about next week. I really, really want to do this episode. I've actually wanted to do it since I had my discussion with my therapist. So keep an eye out. This is the Initial, jumping back and catching the rhythm of these episodes and jumping back into the season. And stay tuned. thank you as always for listening for being here and don't forget that you are magic. No te olvides que eres magica, pa bliye ou se majik.

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