Grateful

June 6, 2019

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I wrote a blog post on the first of the year about the word – grateful. I have been under a lot of pressure lately with finding a home in detroit city with my credit score bullshit, getting balance with my art gallery in Colombia and trying to manage an agency & my body, alone. Finding safety and security has always been my biggest issue, especially traveling international borders consistently. I’m face to trust in people that I just met — which makes me vulnerable. Trusting people based on your instincts in that moment is emotional intelligence.

I told myself this word would be how I carry my life every day – to be grateful of the life that I’m creating but humble because not everybody gets to do what they want to do when they wake up every day. But then, I started slipping and taking advantage of people who would be good in my lifestyle. It was like a bomb dropped on me this weekend to tell me to wake the F up. I’m being pulled in 5000 directions again, lawsuits, car lease ends, crutch & shoes broke over the weekend, my art gallery in South America ends in two days-not sure where that’s going to go. My first Detroit showcase is in two days. give me this time to shine because the pop-up gallery on Thursday is the only thing that is keeping me going right now. 💎 unfortunately, I am back in the wreckless mode which I like to call survival. #lifemoments #begrateful #thankyoumini 😘

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I wrote a blog post on the first of the year about the word – grateful. I have been under a lot of pressure lately with finding a home in detroit city with my credit score bullshit, getting balance with my art gallery in Colombia and trying to manage an agency & my body, alone. Finding safety and security has always been my biggest issue, especially traveling international borders consistently. I’m face to trust in people that i just met — which makes me vulnerable. Trusting people based on your instincts in that moment is emotional intelligence. I told myself this word would be how I carry my life every day – to be grateful of the life that I’m creating but humble because not everybody gets to do what they want to do when they wake up every day. But then, I started slipping and taking advantage of people who would be good in my lifestyle. It was like a bomb dropped on me this weekend to tell me to wake the F up. I’m being pulled in 5000 directions again, lawsuits, car lease ends, crutch & shoes broke over weekend, my art gallery in South America ends in two days-not sure where that’s going to go. My first Detroit showcase is in two days. give me this time to shine because the pop-up gallery on Thursday is the only thing that is keeping me going right now. 💎 unfortunately I am back in wreckless mode which I like to call survival. #lifemoments #begrateful #thankyoumini 😘
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