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on life, freedom, and carving your own path
Follow Your Inner Voice
Serendipity - the gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not looked for Hey, it’s Mau. I’m writing this to you from the side of a mountain in the countryside of Colombia at my friend Mike’s finca. A Finca is what we would call a ranch or farm back in the states. A piece of land with a little house on it. In this case - a modern little container home. There’s also an ice-cold, natural spring pool on this property… (reminds me of home). Anyways, how did I get here? The answer: Following...
i didn't wanna post this
hey Reader, mau here in case you couldn't tell – the last email I sent was pretty vulnerable. it was uncomfortable to write... let alone send. and to make it worse? I turned it into a reel and posted it on my IG. >>> check it here but you might be asking… ok... why? why do you write, share, and post something if it's uncomfortable? let me tell you. ever since I started posting content, my approach has been the same: live my life follow my heart learn a lesson through experience (usually pain...
the art of saying FUCK IT
yo, mau here. I know you're prolly on my list for the vibes – my crazy adventures, my different perspectives, and the inspiration to live your own life… so I'll keep this nice and short. look – the only way I can actually live this life? is because every passing day, month, and year… I give LESS and LESS fucks. and trust me, it wasn't always easy. when I first moved to Colombia, I was scared SHITLESS. but I said fuck it – sent it – and it turned out to be the most eye-opening time of my life....
how does the sprint work?
hey Reader, mau here the last few days have been… a fucking rollercoaster. i'll spare the details for another email (maybe)… but let's just say I had a big wake up call. about me, who I am, and how I've been moving through life. and then, when I didn't think it could get any worse – I got extremely sick. like… debilitating. thankfully, I woke up feeling a ~little~ better today. but regardless, the show must go on... anyways. if you're not aware, i'm doing a 2 week 'sell-what-u-know' sprint...
try this tomorrow morning
hey Reader, mau here. sippin my morning coffee. 9:00 am. writing to you: and... I already ran, filmed + edited a reel, and gratitude maxxed all morning. life has been feeling like a dream lately. probably because I live in Bali. but... there is one small shift I've been making lately that's been changing everything for me. which is: in the smallest of moments, as i'm going about my morning — I remember to shift my internal state. you see, I used to always move from this underlying 'go go go'...
i almost shit my pants last night
fear still holding you back? lol hey, mau here. ngl, it's kind of crazy to experience how even after posting for so long, I STILL get nervous/scared when I put things out. last night, I started a new series on IG: grow the _current to $10k/per month while learning how to surf I felt great creating, writing, filming, editing, etc… but when it came time to post!? I practically shit my pants. all the usual thoughts – "what if no one likes it?", "damn, the hook could have been better", "what if...
why doing 'inner work' is blocking you
this might not sit well with some of you… hey, mau here. so, recently i've started to realize something – most of the subconscious work, reprogramming, and identity work you hear about? (yes, even from me) practically becomes obsolete when you just focus on ONE thing instead: the mission. or, plainly put – serving. let me explain. look, i'm not saying this stuff doesn't matter… in fact, it's incredibly important to have an understanding of the way the human mind works. to realize that your...
everything I set out to do is coming true (and it's scary)
hey, mau here. i just got a fcking piccolo – lol. no joke. look: this cafe is funny. anyway, this morning I had the last girl join the new Aligned Creators cohort I launched. she paid in full, too. I was mid worship when I got the notification. but – this is not about me... because I didn't feel 'hype'. in fact, quite the opposite – i felt responsibility. a new sense of purpose. drive. yes, I felt extremely grateful for blessings God has been giving me lately... but instantly, I started...
working hard but hardly working?
hey Reader, mau here writing to you from Thailand. first off, i sincerely apologize for leaving hanging. how freaking rude (and selfish) of me. truth is, just a few days ago – i was having a mini crisis. floating around, drifting, no clear direction… working "hard" but hardly working. i was starting to internalize that working hard wasn't supposed to look like meaningless grinding for hours on end. that most of the time – doing ONE thing done extremely well will outperform TEN things done...
why = internal compass
why do you do the things you do? hey, mau here i feel like i haven’t done anything productive today lol. i just spent like an hour cleaning my follower list… why? my engagement substantially dropped the last few days, and i know that it has to be from that viral post. the algorithm got all confused on who my audience is – and it started sending my content to a bunch of random dudes in different countries lol. probably gonna take a few weeks for it to recalibrate again. oh well. just one of...
wake up with an underlying anxiousness?
hey u, mau here. the past few days i've been waking up with this underlying anxious "go go go gotta get moving" energy… i've also been slipping on my non-negotiables – not checking IG first thing not doing my daily journaling not reading my "vision folder" sometimes these things seem silly. like there's more important things to do than spend 15 minutes writing what you're grateful for, getting your thoughts down on paper, or reading the vision of the person you're becoming... but today – i...
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