Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

"Do not ask your children

to strive for extraordinary lives.

Such striving may seem admirable,

but it is the way of foolishness.

Help them instead to find the wonder

and the marvel of an ordinary life.

Show them the joy of tasting

tomatoes, apples and pears.

Show them how to cry

when pets and people die.

Show them the infinite pleasure

in the touch of... See more
from 3-2-1: How to deal with a changing world and the wonders of ordinary life
the process = small consistent actions x patience
loving the process and nat's integrated learnings
"If you already live a comfortable life, then choosing to make more money but live a worse daily life is a bad trade.

And yet, we talk ourselves into it all the time. We take promotions that pay more, but swallow our free time. We already have a successful business, but we break ourselves trying to make it even more successful.

Too much focus on we... See more
from 3-2-1: What top performers do, and how to deal with critics and detractors
loving the process
instantly making people feel safe with your presence is one of the most underrated superpowers of all
by Isabel️
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I’m starting to wonder if the process isthe art. What do you mean by that? Maybe the photographing, the writing—maybe the tangible forms of the work are only the receipts of something much more important. What do you mean by that? I’m not exactly sure yet. But I’m paying close attention.
from 🎉 Brandon Stanton just shared "What do you mean by that?" for members only
living a creative life and loving the process
It’s helpful to think in terms of: it’s only play. We’re here to play. We’re here to have fun. And to use the feedback of, you know, sometimes failure is the thing you need to know to get to where you’re going. So if you try to solve a problem 10 ways and they all fail, you can either decide I’m a failure or you can decide, okay, I’m now 10 method
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from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being
Making ceramics requires patience and is an exercise in delayed gratification (or dissatisfaction). There are so many ways to fuck something up, so many stages to the process, and entering that cycle of hope, expectation, and either failure and trying again or ecstatic satisfaction added a new dimension to the rhythms of my life.
from When a hobby becomes a job by Marian Bull
loving the process
We’re all familiar with the question every college graduate hears on repeat as soon as they’re finished with school: “What do you plan to do next?” That question invariably means, “What are your job prospects?” Meanwhile, the admonition to “get a job!” is synonymous with “grow up!”

What a soulless way to conceive of existence. What a dull invitation... See more
from Yes, Mental Health in Your 20s is About More Than Having a Job by Satya Doyle Byock
“ There’s also this other thing (above right) which is functional: My favorite candleholder ever. It’s beautiful, and no one else can ever buy it, because it was made by an old Italian man in Cetara on the Amalfi coast . I want so many things in my life to look like this, and nothing does.”
from Everyone's disrupting and it's exhausting by Blackbird Spyplane
on curating things with soul

from 3-2-1: How to deal with a changing world and the wonders of ordinary life

from 3-2-1: What top performers do, and how to deal with critics and detractors

from 🎉 Brandon Stanton just shared "What do you mean by that?" for members only

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

from When a hobby becomes a job by Marian Bull

from Yes, Mental Health in Your 20s is About More Than Having a Job by Satya Doyle Byock

from Everyone's disrupting and it's exhausting by Blackbird Spyplane