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Imperfectly Perfect

What’s the first impression you want to give people? When it comes to the first impression I want to give people, I aim to be a true original—a rare gem in a world full of ordinary. I’m not just beautiful in the conventional sense, but in the way I live my life authentically and unapologetically. I stride through life with confidence, embracing my flaws and quirks as part of my unique…

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Who am I?

I have never written a blog before so I was researching on the line and came across an article, “How to create a blog”. It gives you a list of questions to ask and answer in order to know what to write about in your blog. 

The first of those questions is “Who are you?” 

Really? 

Do people really know the answer to that question? And then are able to move on to the rest of the questions like “What gets me up in the morning”? 

I can just imagine this woman sitting at a desk with perfect hair, perfect body in yoga pants, perfect life, and a clear answer to all of those questions. But really, does she? Maybe she tries to be that person but then in secret cries herself to sleep at night. Or is she is thinking of killing her neighbor because of some completely irritating infraction like their trashcan is on her side of the sidewalk. And she doesn’t just think about killing her, she fantasizes about it, in complete detail. We all watch the filtered news and the world around us - we are all pretty fucked up. 

All this perceived perfection in the world.  I have seen the dark side of people, and this perfection doesn’t exist. In fact, thinking it does exist just leads us to feeling like we are broken all the time. 

We are completely complicated and chaotic human beings. We search our whole life to answer the question of “Who am I?” I believe those are the healthy people, the ones that constantly search for the answer. 

This search to find out is what gets me up in the morning. I could stay in bed and feel sorry for myself, hide from the world, from the creditors, from the tediousness of daily life, stop living and see if anyone notices.  I have tried that, and believe me when I say it didn’t make anything better. I didn’t feel better, I felt worse. And continued to feel worse until I chose not to feel that way anymore. And BTW, nobody cares either. 

But, going through it and then choosing to end my personal protest to life, is what got me here. I have lived an amazing life. Full of adventures, joy and pain, and I look forward to seeing what the next 10, 20, 30 + will bring me.  I am working on more joy than pain, but who really knows about tomorrow. This moment is truly all I have.

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What this blog is to me.

On a few occasions I have been reminded that I needed to activate my filter. Being unfiltered is part of who I am. It is a part of my own set of craziness. And I don’t say crazy in a negative way. We are all a bit crazy and off. 

If you aren’t showing it, then start. It is part of you. Maybe don’t let it hang out all the time (like in business meetings), but let it out and get some air once in awhile. In order to “know who you are”; you have to be honest with yourself. 

So what is this blog going to be about? What to write about first or second or third?

I am many things; I have won at life and I have failed, I am a wife and lover, an American living in Buenos Aires, a vegetarian living in the capital of beef, a completely devoted animal lover and activist, I am a passionate home chef, a photographer, a musician, a powerful business woman, I am an abuse survivor, a recovering smoker, a 9 time back surgery patient working through it with yoga and not drugs… I could go on and on. I am so many things thankfully. 

So instead of trying to conform to the normal blog methods of finding my USP, Unique Selling Point, I am going write about ALL the sides of my uniqueness, ALL of my interests, ALL of my pain and discomfort, ALL of my joy - completely and beautifully unfiltered. 

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