Author: Violeta
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A new era
I woke up to a Friday 8 AM shift. Nothing unusual about that. Except it’s my last work day. I arrived 5 minutes early and went about my day, with an Open Training and a few Personal Trainings. And I was apparently glowing. Life is about to change, and I see it and feel it…
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Burke Williams. ‘Nuff said.
I just had a long weekend off. We spent the last “first Friday” in Santa Cruz watching the sunset and then crashing all kinds of parties, saying farewell, enjoying other people’s company, getting energized. Saturday we cancelled our AT&T contract and then spent the entire afternoon getting pampered at a spa in Santana Row. Last…
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Out of body feeling
I feel as if I am slowly disintegrating from this world, to reembody myself elsewhere… physically, even though it’s just mentally and emotionally. Conrad calls it checking-out, and maybe it is. Regardless, it is exhausting as I try to stay present. During my last week of breaks I still take walks in Los Gatos and…
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October came and went
It’s the end of October, and the world oscillates between windy nervous red-yellow-brown leafs and yellow sunlight, and blue air with misty streets. There’s anticipation and there’s a deep sense of giddiness about the near future. What we do lately – I try to pace myself, in layering a wide variety of responsibilities and tasks…
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Dilemma
It has been a stressful week. After coming back from Seattle we jumped right into the business of life. On top of colleagues calling out sick, launch mode still on, meetings to attends or host, Wanderlust business setup and stretching out of our comfort zone, finances to figure out, car to sell, crap to buy……
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Seattle
It’s finally Thursday. I sleep in, watch a chick-flick in bed, I FaceTime with my parents, then finally pack one hour before hopping on the plane. At 2pm mom drives me to the airport just after we pick up Caleb from school. On the way to SJC we all take turns in describing step by…
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September thoughts
Kindness is contagious. I read an exhortation online this morning: “Say something good about somebody. At least one person.” It reminded me about my job and why I got so much out of it. One’s patience, support, kindness, willingness to help others is rewarded ten fold, not even by the pay-it-forward act, but by what…
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A milestone
Conrad turned 30, surrounded by people he loves and who love him. It has been an overly social week: Cosmic Design had the grand opening of their gorgeous studio in Santa Cruz and we’ve been hanging out with house guests who were an absolute delight to get to know (and oddly enough, I miss them).…
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Love languages
When Conrad and I moved to California, seven years ago, we joined the newly weds class led by Conrad’s parents. It is there where I heard about the idea of love languages for the first time. A few years later we hosted together a couples’ retreat in Romania, with the same theme. And this past…
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About opinions
Friends are those who enjoy your company and have no immediate plans for your improvement. These are some of those kind of friends we have. I had to wait to get into a good place before I brought this up. I was very judgmental myself, mostly of judgmental people, or strangers, whom ultimately I’m grateful…
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Curiosity
First of all, if I could go unnoticed for long periods of time, I’d be happiest. On the other hand I do love the stage. Public speaking is occasionally my favorite form of making art. Some of you know that there is one question I can’t stand anymore: “where are you from?” I know full…
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Comparison
Time is slow. We daydream of “home” with anticipation. We continue to prepare ourselves physically, emotionally and financially, though there are things we wish we could ready ourselves for, but we have no control over. On a late walk around the neighborhood, as the air cooled down, Conrad and I were talking about a major…