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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...
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...
stop and smell the roses
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....
why doing nothing is everything
yoooo, mau here you know that feeling where it feels like you're pushing a giant rock up a hill? that was me this week. felt like i was forcing. nothing was working out. zero content ideas.... even just making simple decisions felt heavy as f*ck. so of course, I kept thinking "i just need to push harder"… but, i talked to my spiritual mentor yesterday, and he looked at me and told me exactly what i needed to hear: stop. doing. anything. remove all expectations to figure it out. reconnect....
waiting for the answers
hey you, mau here writing this to you from a little hut on a beach about 25 min from where i live: i came wandering today tbh – i've been feeling overwhelmed. it feels like i'm forcing shit. like things aren't flowing. and the truth is, sometimes, no matter how hard you try – your problems can't be solved by doing more. they can only be solved by doing less. yesterday, I spent the entire day working on this "email funnel" – and then by the time I was "done" – nothing even felt right anymore....
you can't outrun your frequency
have you ever tried "tactics" people suggested, but it didn't work for you? hey you, mau here so i was at the gym just now listening to a podcast a random dude recommended me. it was called: "withdrawing from God's bank account" it said something that really hit… which was the concept that: you can't outrun your frequency. what does this mean? this means that you can follow all the "strategies" "advice" and "frameworks" in the world… but if you're doing it from the wrong frequency – it's NOT...
adventure-flow maxxing
hey u, mau here currently in a place called Amed in Bali – almost 3 hours away from Canggu(where I'm staying). megaaaa island-life vibes here. tbh it almost TOO chill here lol… but honestly? it's dope. i'm sitting in a badass, open air, organic vibe, stone-wooden furniture filled cafe. been thinking of what to write and honestly, I had no idea.my mind has been slow today. but these past two days I've been straight up adventure–flow maxxing. here's a (not-so-quick) snapshot of my last 48...
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