hey, mau here.

im almost 24 hours into a fast

im sitting at a cafe by the ocean

and i'm watching someone eat a slice of pizza (fck it looks good).

but… i don't want to eat. the past few days, I've literally been "comfort eating".

french toast. teriyaki chicken. gelato. (yum)

somehow I was using it as a way to 'feel better'. i see why depressed people get fat.

jk

so… I decided to do a 3 day fast.

it's not like i've been feeling down, my energy has just been off.

and you know what? that's okay.

everything is happening exactly as it should.

i've accepted that i'm in a "recharge" phase right now.

you see, the last 2.5 months (since the end of may) – i've been going balls to the wall.

i had the vision to move to Bali and start this business…

i made the plan, then executed:

• writing emails
• scripting videos
• editing
• posting daily
• running the cohort
• weekly calls
• 1:1's
• daily lessons
• building the new website…

all while navigating moving across the globe all alone.

part of me wanted to keep pushing – NO SLOWING DOWN.

but my body said otherwise.

and it made me realize… i should actually be proud of myself for once (:O)

just 2 months ago, i was scared shitless.

i had no idea if this was going to work out.

but i dove head first –

I sold out my first cohort w 10 people, my IG has been growing, and i'm fully living the life young me could only dream of.

so now?

i'm stopping to smell the fucking roses.

and it's not like i'm not doing anything…

I'm using this time to rest, read up on things I had been putting off, meditate, re-align with my WHY, clarify my vision, set new intentions, and embody the NEW version of me that I want to become –

which is just an even MORE aligned version of me.

and this whole experience made me realize something huge about living in "flow" –

the truth is…

you have to know when to ebb, and when to flow.

there's only so much you can "push" at a time… in a day, in a week, or in a period of weeks.

for example.

you go hard for a few hours during the day, then you take a break and go walk or something.

you do this for 6 days, then the 7th day you take the entire day off.

and after 8-10 weeks of this?

you take 1-2 weeks to let your body recover.

this is what i call "micro" and "macro" flow.

this way, you are NEVER forcing.

if i was to "push" right now, i'd get into forcing territory. because i'm fighting against resistance. but this entire time, even though i've "worked" more than I have in my life, it felt completely effortless.

and that's the difference between resistance and flow…

alignment and force.

(force only comes when you're fighting against resistance)

when you start to move with life (not against it) –

life isn't a struggle.

it's effortless.

and if it's not? you're probably doing something wrong.

so if things were flowing but now you're feeling against resistance…

stop. slow down. reconnect.

allow life to unfold...

and start being happy – now.

the rest will take care of itself :)

that's it.

much love

mau

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