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November 18, 2016
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Why Fear?

A couple of reasons I wrote just to remind myself why am I doing this:

  • Fear keeps me from enjoying life

  • Fear will keep me from achieving success

  • I want to live courageously

  • Life starts at the end of your comfort zone

  • What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

  • NYC is not made for the fearful

  • Fear just doesn't make sense

  • If I don't do it now, then, when?

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This hurts too much and too deep. No teenage girl should ever witness or worse yet, lose her life this way. I'm so, so sorry for everybody that had to go through that horrific experience, and the families of the girls that were killed. Praying for all of you, and praying that no one else has to face this fear ever again. Still, not a reason to stop going to concerts and enjoying life. If we do, if we stop, they win 😔💔🙏🏻 #manchesterarena #manchester #arianagrande
▪️049▪️When I graduated from high school I wanted to travel for a year to Paris to study French. There was only one problem, no one else wanted to do the same thing I wanted. Some friends wanted to go to Florence to learn Italian, others to Israel and others to London. In that moment, I scratched my dream and decided to stay in Venezuela. At least Adam was there. Until, he wasn't. Just a few months after I graduated, he had the opportunity to transfer to the University of Florida, and I stayed in Venezuela, by myself, no friends and no boyfriend. In that moment, I knew that I needed that to happen as a lesson that I should've chosen the uncomfortable path, what I now call, the growth path. Do I regret not traveling to Paris by myself? I do. They say the only things we regret are the ones we didn't do. When you choose comfort the universe is not going to support you and make things easy for you. You have no idea how many stories I've heard of people who hated their jobs but decide to stay regardless, because of comfort, and then, when they least expected it, they got fired. That is not bad luck or bad performance. That, my friend, is the Universe saying: if you don't get uncomfortable, we will get you uncomfortable. In that case, getting fired is a blessing. But why wait till that point? Let's start making growth choices by ourselves. Because when you do, the universe will have your back ✨ #courageis #the100dayproject #day49 #growth #courage #illustration
My most recent post was about knowing how to say "no." But this time, I want to talk about saying "yes." This picture was taken a few hours ago at an Indonesian restaurant that a friend recommended here in Prague. This trip, I've been more and more willing to say yes to trying new things and tbh, I've been surprising myself everyday with something new. Who knew I'd like Indonesian food? I would've never thought! Actually, I not only liked it, but I loved the entire experience. 👊🏻 I'm proud of myself for being more open-minded about things, food, places, and I can't wait to keep discovering life this way 🙏🏻💛 Israel is next 🇮🇱 #surpriseyourself #prague
▪️048▪️Many suggested I do a post about saying NO. So here it is! When we say NO when we really want to say NO we show respect for ourselves, we are compassionate with ourselves and we show we are in control of our life. I deeply admire and respect those who only say YES when they really want to. We fear people will not like us if we say no to them, or that they will never ask us back. But that's not true. People who like you enough will keep asking, keep inviting you and will understand you have limits. Also, we don't need to excuse ourselves for every NO that we give, so practice this week saying NO and then keeping quiet. Can you do it? I'll try it as well 💪🏼✨ Thank you to all of you who suggested this: @vivicrt @lishancarroll @odettecressler @theharmonytribe
▪️048▪️Listening to others' opinions can definitely be helpful, but at the end, it is up to us to decide. Others will typically suggest what THEY feel is right for us. If it were for my uncle I would've studied architecture (I hate straight lines). If it were for my parents I would've had two kids by now, and if it were for my in-laws I would've never moved to NY. I know they all love me very much and want the best for us, but I'm glad I had the courage to follow my gut and trust my decisions. If I would've followed their advice I wouldn't have been writing these lines ✌🏼 #the100dayproject #courageis #opinions #selftrust #hellofears
This is something I learned last week in Italy. And if you enjoy my content, you will love the video I just uploaded where I talk about this while I travel around Rome and the Amalfi Coast 😍✨👌🏼Link in bio @hellofears or youtube.com/HelloFears -- See you there! #quote #happiness #hellofears
▪️046▪️Confucius said "We all have two lives. The second one begins the day you realize you only have one." Two years ago I chose to live my second life when I realized my fears were holding me back. Now, I not only care about living life to the fullest (under my own terms and my own definition of happiness/success), but I care about motivating others to get to this point as well. Not everybody gets to live their second life. Most people choose the comfortable path. Ask yourself, which life are you living? #youonlylivetwice #confucius #quote #motivation #tgif #hellofears #the100dayproject #day46 #courageis
▪️045▪️ A few days ago I had the opportunity to visit the Amalfi Coast after speaking at the Festival of Media in Rome. When we were there, we got to meet Manuel, who took us around the coast during one of the days. Manuel was extremely joyful and positive, an excellent tour guide. On our way back he shared with us that a few years back he had 3 brain surgeries from 3 different brain tumors. He told us that ever since that happened he thanks G-d every day for being alive and tries to find beauty in absolutely everything. He could've been angry at life, asking "Why me?" But he decided to look at the bright side and be thankful. He chose to be happy. You can see Manuel on my latest Youtube video ▶️ and see how we did some carpool karaoke to the rhythm of reggeaton! 🎤🤗🎤 Link in bio or youtube.com/HelloFears #despacito #newvideo #courageis #happiness #gratitude #the100dayproject #day45 #rainyday #happy #illustration
Do yourself a favor today and follow @gemmacorrell 🙌🏼 I love ALL of her posts too much! Specially this one. We live in a world of "what if's" but for some reason they all end up going to the negative side. What if we ask ourselves things like: What if today is an amazing day? What if today I simply love myself the way I am? What if today I shine bright like a 💎? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Life would be so much better ✨🙃✨ #anxiety #anxietea #illustration #whatif
Yes, we're open (minded) 💁🏼
▪️044▪️When I started building the Hello Fears brand, I wanted to do it all by myself. I rejected help from others because of the fear that they wouldn't do as good of a job as I would. Very soon I realized that if I never trusted others with my brand I was never going to grow, as simple as that! It took a lot of courage for me to allow someone else to edit some of my videos, design my cute monsters, illustrate my stickers, edit the stories for Hello Fears and build the Hello Fears platform that we're currently working on. By trusting others I understood that people may not do things in the same way that I would, but they will do them their own way, which is as good or even better sometimes. If we never trust we will never have the chance to surprise ourselves and learn from others. But most importantly, we will never be able to grow. It hasn't been easy, but it has been so rewarding that I will keep going, keep collaborating and keep delegating without having to micromanage every single task! Seriously, thank you to those who have helped me so much already (I tagged some of you in this post!). It also helped me a lot to listen to @brenebrown Rising Strong book where she talks about people doing the best that they can 💪🏼 #thankful #courageis #trusting #the100dayproject #day44
Fear is the answer 👆🏼 But, fear of what or who? Is it worth it? ✍🏼By @notivationalnotes 👈🏻follow this account 💛✨ #the100dayproject
▪️043▪️ Control freaks like me, like to always be one step ahead, planning every step of the way. That, is our comfort zone. We find it easier to have our minds busy planning the next thing, than indulging in the present and experience whatever feeling we are having, good or bad. I seriously need a watch like this ⬆️ to constantly remind myself to live in the NOW and then, worry about the future. If you can relate to this say 🖐🏼! #day43 #the100dayproject #hellofears #courageis #100dayproject #now

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