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At 31, I quit my job, sold everything, and boarded a one-way flight with a backpack, a journal, and no plan. Since then, I've lived a million different lives and collected more interests than I know what to do with. Now I'm building a life that doesn't box me into one career path and lets me pursue all the things I'm passionate about: making music, building businesses, traveling, creating content, and oversharing my feelings. Subscribe to follow along and you'll get an email from me every week.

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My 30-day cringe social media challenge

Recently I was chatting with a friend about growing on social media. Funny how much I know about it but still struggle to do it for myself. I'm not someone who has a "niche" or an expertise to promote. I'm posting about... well me. I can literally post anything I want. Which is both great and overwhelming at the same time. On one hand, I have total freedom and don't have to "fit in a box" like I was so scared of. On the other hand, well I suffer from the paradox of choice. I struggle to...

Marketing loves to make everything seem easy to achieve. "Accomplish X in Only 24 Hours Without Lifting a Finger!" is basically what any ad out there screams at us. It's literally in every industry. Sing Like The Pros in Only 14 Days! Grow Your Followers to 100K in Just 30 Days! Learn to Play Guitar in Just 2 Weeks! Become a Music Producer in 7 Days! Make $10K Online Passively in Just 3 Simple Steps! Loose ALL Your Belly Fat in Just 1 Week With This Easy Diet! 🙄 Like bro. I mean, I'm not...

If I asked you, at 5 years old, "what do you want to be when you grow up?", what would your answer have been? I guess mine would have been "Britney Spears". But as far as I can remember (pretty much 5 years old), I didn't know what to answer. Or, rather, I never dared to say it out loud. I clearly remember that I wanted to be an actress. But I was too afraid to put it out there. Which is wild... what kind of conditioning did I already receive — at 5 years old!! — to make me so self-conscious?...

You get home from work. Phone in hand, you drop your bag, take off your shoes and hang your jacket. All you need is to stare out the window for a minute, so your brain can recharge from the social interactions you had today. But then next thing you know, you've been staring at your phone for the past 30 minutes, standing in the hallway like a moron. Doom scrolling. Wtf? Because before you even made 3 steps toward the kitchen to pour yourself a glass of water, you've opened TikTok. Probably...

I dream of going on tour performing my original music on stage for my fans. When I'm seeing big artists I love like Miley Cyrus (now MILEY), Rihanna, Taylor Swift and more, and I am both really inspired... and also extremely overwhelmed by the gap separating where I am to where they are. I didn't grow up surrounded by people in the industry. Neither did I choose to pursue music when I was a kid. I did some piano lessons here and there, but that was it. And now, at 36 I have the desire, talent...

marie p origin story

I had no plan. No backup. And no idea what the heck I was going to do next. I didn’t know what I wanted in life… but I realized that I was not going to know until I made a move. The only thing I knew was what I did NOT want: the job, career and life I was living right now. Pretty much my entire life was in misalignment. And somehow I knew deep down I wasn’t meant for a “normal life”. And that was enough to make everything click. So I quit my job. Ever since that day, my life has never been...