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.

In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the easy version. Find different ways to show up depending on the circumstances. Let your habits change shape to meet the demands of the day.

Adaptability is the way of consistency.
from 3-2-1: How to be consistent, the value of beauty, and designing for relaxation
good advice
I also think a lot about the old, iconic structures around the world that have stood the test of time and, in many cases, where we aren’t quite sure of all the details of how they were constructed. Marvels like the Colosseum, Roman aqueducts, or the Great Wall. Incredible architectural feats that were, by necessity, built to last and built slowly –... See more
from Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures) by Mario Gabriele
going slow
Schopenhauer loved metaphor, and his counsel starts with the example of a mason: The man is “employed on the building of a house” but “may be quite ignorant of its general design.” Because of this arrangement, Schopenhauer suggested, the mason was stuck in the daily details of his work instead of seeing it as part of a grand design. And so it is wi... See more
from Schopenhauer’s Advice on How to Achieve Great Things by Arthur C. Brooks
Sometimes, when I’m feeling especially brutal about something I’ve done or failed to do, I imagine I’m one of my own girlfriends, someone I love and who loves me in a way that’s expansive and forgiving. Then I reassess whatever I’m being mean about, through her borrowed POV, or by way of asking – what if she’d done or failed at this thing, how woul... See more
from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us
from Peter Watts: "We're not thinking machines, we're feeling machines that happen to think."
Her kindness and candor. Her curiosity and intellectual courage. Her willingness to explore and contemplate the layers of things rather than reaching for easy judgment
from Manjula Martin Tells Us
descriptions of people and qualities i admire
The thing that no one ever tells you about your calling is that it’s boring. Oh, everything is interesting if you’re interested… shut up. Yes, it will be exhilarating and fun and fluid and and natural and meaningful. It will also be tedious. It will hurt. You will encounter obstacle after obstacle until you feel like you’re in a video game with alg... See more
loving the process
Innovation in a caring society must not only generate profit but create better outcomes for everyone. This is possible, but it requires care for people and planet to be valued as highly as capital – and for wellbeing to be incentivised as much as shareholder return.
from Sunshine Machines: Towards a Feminist Future of Digital Care by Rachel Coldicutt
building a new world
Every pretty good, sorta nice, kinda fun thing you abandon is like shedding a weighted vest that lets you move at top speed. You were so busy focusing on how much you could carry, you never realized you could run this fast.
from 3-2-1: The power of imperfection, the secret to a good morning, and more
loving the process

from 3-2-1: How to be consistent, the value of beauty, and designing for relaxation

from Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures) by Mario Gabriele

from Schopenhauer’s Advice on How to Achieve Great Things by Arthur C. Brooks

from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us

from Manjula Martin Tells Us

from Sunshine Machines: Towards a Feminist Future of Digital Care by Rachel Coldicutt

from 3-2-1: The power of imperfection, the secret to a good morning, and more