tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15709464856860808462024-03-19T02:07:18.886-07:00ManriqueGabyStyle, Spirit & SenseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-19108944442492984412017-06-20T22:05:00.001-07:002017-06-20T22:05:48.928-07:00Machine Die<div style="text-align: center;">
Shit is WEIRD</div>
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Humanity has lost authenticity</div>
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Life is detached from truth</div>
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Reality is orchestrated fiction</div>
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WTF Orwell!! They should have never gave you WORDS!!!</div>
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It is extraordinarily hard for me to find where I fit in this era</div>
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I can't maintain a constant and steady stream of positivity</div>
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I can't fake it till I make it</div>
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This fiction we're living is taxing my Spirit</div>
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I need to find a way back to solid life-giving ground</div>
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This machine is self-destructing</div>
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We will all feel its demise</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-47863003235900660982016-10-18T08:53:00.001-07:002016-10-18T08:53:11.158-07:00Patience is a Virtue I DON'T Possess<div style="text-align: center;">
Why am I so impatient?</div>
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I know growing up my mother was</div>
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Always super impatient and anxious</div>
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So perhaps I learned it from her?</div>
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My father was also very impatient</div>
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And angry about things not getting</div>
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"Done fast enough"</div>
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So maybe I got it from him?</div>
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Impatience is a horrible burden:</div>
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A relentless thought process;</div>
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A parasite in my head;</div>
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An ache in my body;</div>
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A 200lbs weight on my chest;</div>
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A restraining jacket;<br />
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Want<br />
Patience</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-83751885477806552192016-10-17T09:02:00.000-07:002016-10-17T09:02:23.018-07:00Reaching out AKA Selling out<div style="text-align: center;">
As I start my YouTube channel I’ve realized I have A LOT to learn</div>
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A good part of learning curve is technical but there’s</div>
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Also a TON of emotional and psychological learning</div>
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I quickly found out that if I’m making videos,</div>
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I’ll have to reach out to people to view them</div>
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Keyword: <u>Reach out</u> aka (In my head) <b>“selling out”</b></div>
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I’m still working through the feelings but</div>
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For now I remind myself that</div>
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“I have to get over it because there’s a goal I’m aiming to reach”</div>
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Sigh</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1324807425">Check out my channel please! </a></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/manriquegabystyle">https://www.youtube.com/c/manriquegabystyle</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-89604585963911713472016-10-02T16:06:00.003-07:002016-10-02T16:07:44.228-07:00YouTube Channel: ManriqueGabyStyle<div style="text-align: center;">
New hobby in town!</div>
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Finally I have found something</div>
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Else to do with my life</div>
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Besides work, eat, sleep</div>
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I'm creating styling videos on the tube</div>
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I did this years ago with two people</div>
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And posted them here</div>
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Check them out:</div>
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<a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2012/10/looking-for-passion-styling-session.html" target="_blank">Style Session - With My Prima (Cousin)</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2012/11/styling-session-take-two-pt2.html" target="_blank">Style Session - With my one of my Bestie's</a></div>
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And now the new format is hurr for you to watch</div>
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Woohoo!</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ManriqueGabyStyle" target="_blank">Subscribe, Like, & Comment so I know you exist</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-32337572945964084572016-07-15T08:19:00.003-07:002016-07-16T10:27:40.545-07:00Boredom Is As Boredom Does<div style="text-align: center;">
Ah blah...</div>
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Boredom...</div>
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THE condition of my life</div>
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My friend says,<br>
"Only clever people get bored"...</div>
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I don't find any comfort in that saying</div>
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-_-</div>
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<a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2014/02/i-like-to-say-that.html" target="_blank">I wrote a post back in 2014 about boredom</a>:<br>
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"<i>My boredom doesn't stem from inactivity,</i><br>
</div></div><a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2016/07/boredom-is-as-boredom-does.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-54194102718534563522015-09-12T15:53:00.000-07:002015-09-13T22:25:10.132-07:00Mother, No Other Like You<div style="text-align: center;">
MOTHER</div>
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No other like you…</div>
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Fortunately</div>
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lol</div>
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Growing up my Mother,</div>
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Cooked everyday, drove us to and </div>
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Back from school everyday,</div>
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And that was kind of it</div>
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She wasn’t involved in my</div>
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School activities,</div>
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She wasn’t involved in my</div>
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Personal life,</div>
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She wasn’t involved in</div>
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In any way really</div>
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Other than making sure</div>
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I had food and shelter, and</div>
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Bless her heart for that!</div>
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And…</div>
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So…</div>
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I grew up wishing</div>
<a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/09/mother-no-other-like-you.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-38952204451128364462015-09-05T12:21:00.002-07:002015-09-05T22:06:25.122-07:00Life As I Know It<div style="text-align: center;">
For some time now</div>
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I’ve known of the childhood</div>
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Behaviors I developed to</div>
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Tolerate living in the</div>
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Environment I grew up in</div>
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My life has been far from</div>
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Tragic but even the “perfect”</div>
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Childhood breeds dysfunction</div>
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For the past four years</div>
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I’ve been constantly going to</div>
<a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/09/life-as-i-know-it.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-77051166417498789022015-09-01T21:54:00.000-07:002015-09-02T15:00:49.225-07:00The Fk Happened Ten Years Ago<div style="text-align: center;">
I was listening to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSpiritualCatalyst" target="_blank">Teal Swan</a></div>
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Whom I find really interesting</div>
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And her teachings very practical</div>
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And she said something along</div>
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The lines of </div>
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“Let’s face it, we all end up</div>
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On the spiritual path because</div>
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We were suffering and wanted</div>
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To be happy. If we were happy already</div>
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We wouldn’t have ended up here”</div>
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A statement that I find</div>
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1000% (Yes, one thousand) true</div>
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I think people who end up</div>
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On the spiritual path have</div>
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A moment in our life when we</div>
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“Break”</div>
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It’s like a moment when our</div>
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Stream of perception<br>
</div><a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/09/the-fk-happened-ten-years-ago.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-12501991981975725542015-08-28T17:21:00.000-07:002015-08-31T09:49:52.683-07:00Ten Year Anniversary<div style="text-align: center;">
This year will be the</div>
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Ten year anniversary of</div>
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The beginning of my</div>
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<u>Self-discovery Quest</u></div>
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Ten years of</div>
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Introspection,</div>
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Raw emotion,</div>
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Brutal honesty,</div>
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Painful discoveries,</div>
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Frightful confessions,</div>
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Disheartening endings to</div>
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Friendships and relationships,<br>
</div><a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/08/ten-years-anniversary.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-12503099079429479792015-08-15T15:20:00.002-07:002015-08-15T23:45:19.384-07:00To Be Important To You<div style="text-align: center;">
Ever since I can remember<br>
I've been a stickler for punctuality<br>
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Being on time for school was<br>
Always a priority<br>
And if my ride for school<br>
Wasn't on time, I'd begin walking<br>
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The feeling of frustration when<br>
I can't be on time or<br>
Someone else isn't on time<br>
Is overwhelming<br>
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I been trying to resolve<br>
This neurotic pet-peeve of mine<br>
FOR YEARS<br>
</div><a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/08/to-be-important-to-you.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-32489081868434523982015-08-14T11:52:00.002-07:002015-08-14T11:54:15.563-07:00Razor Energy, Razor Words<div style="text-align: center;">
Someone asked me this morning</div>
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If I ever get mad? </div>
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HA!</div>
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I don't get mad:</div>
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I get livid, resentful and</div>
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Poisonous all at once</div>
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My energy and words become razors;<br>
</div><a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/08/razor-energy-razor-words.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-30752022981592818372015-08-13T15:17:00.000-07:002015-08-28T17:18:22.633-07:00The Sigh of Growth<div style="text-align: center;">
One of my <a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2014/11/not-courageous-just-no-choice.html#more">core values</a> is</div>
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Growth</div>
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Growth above everything:</div>
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Society</div>
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Family</div>
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Companionship</div>
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Stability</div>
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Comfort</div>
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Modesty</div>
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Some of my greatest</div>
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Growth experiences</div>
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Have been</div>
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The most violent;</div>
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</div><a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/08/the-sigh-of-growth.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-68498471951203015802015-06-21T15:38:00.004-07:002015-06-21T15:45:56.232-07:00Getting Ready As Ritual<div style="text-align: center;">
I thoroughly enjoy</div>
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“Getting ready”</div>
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It’s a form of ritual for me</div>
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I like everything about it </div>
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The shower:</div>
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The water and the smell of soap</div>
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The facial products:</div>
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The toner, lotion, foundation</div>
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The hairstyle:</div>
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Brushing, straightening, curling</div>
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The makeup:</div>
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Eyeshadow, lipstick, mascara</div>
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The outfit:</div>
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The shoes, dresses, tops, bottoms</div>
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The accessories:</div>
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The earrings, rings, necklace</div>
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And I particularly have a</div>
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Tremendous love for</div>
<a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/06/getting-ready-as-ritual.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-34229574327872257882015-06-07T13:15:00.001-07:002015-06-07T13:15:19.105-07:00Not Cute Enough<div style="text-align: center;">
For the entire months of</div>
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April and May</div>
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I have preoccupied myself</div>
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With changing my “look”,</div>
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Which has mostly consisted of</div>
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Buying shit (Retail)</div>
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I’m very much aware of</div>
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The urge I feel to <u>buy</u>,</div>
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And that has lead me to</div>
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Take some serious timeout</div>
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And introspect</div>
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Why do I have the urge to buy?</div>
<a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/06/not-cute-enough.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-7654029118218288972015-05-20T21:14:00.001-07:002015-05-20T21:14:40.930-07:00The Weight-Loss Struggle<div style="text-align: center;">
During lunch I was struck</div>
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By the sight of two</div>
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Seemingly happy</div>
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Young adult women</div>
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What caught my attention</div>
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Was the size of their body,</div>
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Which displayed an</div>
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Over-enthusiasm for all things<br>
</div><a href="http://www.manriquegaby.com/2015/05/the-weight-loss-struggle.html#more">Wait, There's More! »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570946485686080846.post-44765967846097909762015-05-06T10:51:00.002-07:002015-05-09T19:25:44.240-07:00Cop a Feel... For How You Feel<div style="text-align: center;">
Learning to pay attention</div>
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To how I feel has been</div>
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A life long goal<br>
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Learning how to know what I feel</div>
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And then resolve my feeling</div>
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Is an even greater ongoing life goal</div>
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I've been more apt to throw<br>
Out the proverbial<br>
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I begin a lot of little projects<br>
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They tend to be projects</div>
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That need ongoing attention</div>
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And maintenance<br>
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Like this blog<br>
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However, if I'm going to be</div>
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1000% honest with myself</div>
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As to why my projects don't turn<br>
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America loves makeup</div>
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I love makeup</div>
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It’s fun, interesting, and challenging</div>
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I don’t think makeup is a necessity</div>
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Nor do I feel naked without it</div>
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I also don’t think makeup</div>
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Is a form of covering or hiding</div>
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Insecurities<br>
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Makeup is used to conform to<br>
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For a long time I’ve been</div>
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Trying to fatten a list of reasons</div>
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Detailing why</div>
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I’m "good enough"<br>
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Last week,</div>
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I laid down to<br>
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A friend expressed</div>
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That she sees me as</div>
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Courageous</div>
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For the way I choose to</div>
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Live life<br>
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My only reply was</div>
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“Honestly, I feel like I don’t have a choice”</div>
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I didn't choose to value what I value<br>
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Family</div>
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What is it good for?</div>
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Absolutely nothing?</div>
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Of course not<br>
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It’s worth all the teachings,<br>
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I updated my Facebook status today with</div>
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“I’m the least busy person I know”</div>
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And that is absolutely true</div>
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I plan my weekdays the day of, and</div>
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I plan my weekends on Friday afternoon</div>
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Most people I know plan</div>
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“Need”</div>
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Has always seemed like</div>
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A huge burden </div>
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Needing someone and being needed</div>
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Both sound equally as dreadful<br>
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The feeling of “need” has the</div>
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Tendency to feel like a<br>
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How do you feel when you spend money?</div>
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Do you feel excited and content?</div>
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Do you feel fearful and remorseful?</div>
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Do you feel appreciative?</div>
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Do you feel anxious?</div>
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How do you go about</div>
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Getting the things you want?</div>
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Do you force yourself through</div>
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Circumstances like a pit bull?</div>
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Do you aim to achieve until</div>
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Someone notices and rewards</div>
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You for your efforts?</div>
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Do you demand what you want</div>
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