Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
Writer Hanif Abdurraqib has said: “Find a living, breathing lineage to make yourself responsible to.” I love this encouragement to locate ourselves within an artistic, spiritual or cultural tradition and build loving, accountable connections with our compatriots.
373 / Offloading risk, distributing fear
An expectation spotlights your desires .
A standard underlines your values .
Let me show you what I mean.
If you expect a clutter-free home,
you’ll cringe every time something is out of place.
But if your standard is to remove what doesn’t add value,
your home will grow calmer over time.
If you expect six-pack abs,
every workout will feel like a failure.
Bu... See more
A standard underlines your values .
Let me show you what I mean.
If you expect a clutter-free home,
you’ll cringe every time something is out of place.
But if your standard is to remove what doesn’t add value,
your home will grow calmer over time.
If you expect six-pack abs,
every workout will feel like a failure.
Bu... See more
Expect Less
Expectations try to control life.
Standards allow life to delight you.
Standards allow life to delight you.
Expect Less
Most of us get decked somewhere along the way in life, slammed to the ground, the world looking down on us. And when—not if, when—that happens, we have a choice. Do we get back up? And when it happens again, do we get back up again? And again, and again, and again, and again? When I’m feeling clobbered by events, pounded by setbacks, or just
... See moreJim Collins • Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0
I feel like there’s something so soulless about our culture—something deeply, deeply missing in people’s experience of life, a kind of superficiality. Life is so weird and awesome, and there’s so much depth to it, but people, particularly young people, but really everybody with technology and a phone, are sleepwalking through life. It disturbs me... See more
