Dear... Who?

Hey You, What's Happening?

If you asked me, this is a tad bit awkward to say but "Welcome to my diary of experiences"; When at one point I would not have DARED to do such a thing by inviting someone to invade my personal space. But since your here allow me to reintroduce myself, I don't believe we've officially met the first time. Truthfully I go by a host of many names and nicknames from the family, friends, acquaintance and business collegues causing me to be a little mysterious or unknown. Yet this here isn't all about business and honestly as I make new friends, I find compartmentalization has been a great way to help me open up and get a little personal lately; so you can call me "B" short for Blaque. This is a stage name that I've been running with since back in the MySpace days as it slowly declined. Mainly to introduce a portion of myself to the internet world while also being opposed to the idea of the internet world; so yes, I take this name to the heart but that's a whole 'nother story to get into.

Recently I've been sharing my thoughts and experiences here within this online diary, "It Was Written" (in case you missed that part) for the sake of being open to others exploring this sustainable ride along with me as my authentic self. Within the past five years I've gotten a lot closer and closer to my true self and noticed how humbling it can be when there's more clarity of who you are. Throughout my existence I've learned to be more closed off whenever it came to dealing with others and sharing select thoughts due to my empathetic nature doing a lot more receiving rather than releasing. It kind of pushed me into the idea of running away without being found which was a responsive way of being protective and exempt to vulnerability and in some cases I've even restricted my emotions into being unemotional whenever it may have peeked.

Here in real time, I fully embrace all of life that is thrown at me because I now understand how every person, every place and every thing that I encounter within this lifetime is literally to help me elevate in a multitude of ways; such as holding myself accountable. I've also learned how to align by staying centered and being gentle with myself at the same time, which has put me in a state of balance that can easily be tipped when being too hard on myself and/or when things aren't carefully vetted. So each day as I continue to work on my own self challenges, I'll start by asking myself "Who the hell are you and What are you doing here?" And the straightforward answer usually would be some value towards a current mission that leads to Why I am present within that very moment. Just a few learning curves I've gained along this path of learning myself.

As you probably thinking by now from reading the other written testimonials, "who is this chick, she's no writer". Then guess what? You are absolutely right, I am not a writer which is why I consider this a diary because I can freehand however I choose according to how I am feeling. But if you insist I am a creator of bespoke artistry, particularly in the realms of fashion (if you didn't catch that from the past stories). One who's a rare breed that most could hardly fathom because I'm not the average Joe's babe that can be easily read. More of the peculiar type unintentionally but yet intentional by just being and doing whatever makes me happy.

So wherever you are currently reading from, I surely hope that you are doing splendid, finding ways to be gentle with yourself, practicing sustainability some way shape or form and just being who you are called to be.

And if you haven't already, be sure to dive into "Going Back To The Basics..." https://www.blaquebydesign.com/post/going-back-to-the-basics-a-shirt-is-just-a-shirt

where I share a short story that ties into this first podcast interview that I recently did back home in NYC.

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