What has been up Gypzies? For me I have been growing and developing in a very quiet way. This pre-Spring the major challenge was staying stress free.
Stress causes way to many problems with the gut, mood, motivation, and progress. 2024 will be all about Marching Forward, post soon to come, but for now let’s do a little recap to catch up on the past few months.
February was about dissapointments and challenges. Learning to recalibrate, and also how to explore the self I thought I aleady knew, me
Ways I started to do this has been making great vegetarian, pescatarian and vegan style dishes. I always love Mediterranean and Ethiopian, Somali, and Indian foods. I embrace the flavors and spices and invent my own dishes to promote eating medicine via nutrition
Places Like the 331, the Green Room, Giulias, Normandy Inn and Suites, Cobble Social House, were stops this Pre-Spring.
Stepping out on faith and going to open mics to sing and express myself. Always a shower singer, and hidden performer. I am daring to get out there, and try my hand.
Also, to see Twin Cities talented artist that also pack the house is bar none. The house band is my favorite, along with the Blend the plays with Toissaint Morrison. Taylor James on keyboard. Snapped is a night with Frank Sentwali a veteran poet and renaissance man in the Twin Cities, mostly St.Paul. I started performing with Frank and a slew of other poets circa 1999 around the Twin Cities , it was a different time then, but here we are now.
Social media detachment, I still keep my instagram, Facebook, x, tumblr and what not, but I visit them like the cousin from California, I am not there to stay. Update perhaps. I realize people and trends are so fickle, and that vibe is a major killer of creativity.
I pay myself to blog so the content, timing and schedule are all up to me. Since I am exploration mode I feel free to do that.
Professionally speaking I work hard 40 hours a week giving my heart, mind and time to what I do. I decompress then change hats to the creative intellectual, on a budget of course, but working with a little leaves a lot of room for creativity.
Style wise, welp Minneapolis just got more snow, more is on the way. Two strand twists, since kankelon braids is toxic, and I am healing.
Nuetral tone capsul wardrobe, black, grey, olive green, Ice pink, black and white type color skeem. Cozy chic vibe with a touch of corporate academe by day. Rock blues look by night.
The key to progress has been making a list and checking off boxes, and starting the day with prayer. This world is haunted, I need all Jesus Christ brings to my life, I am here for it.
Down time!
Stretching, journaling and drawing, increase motor skills, creativity, and decrease the need to be on social media mindlessly scrolling through reels.
I want to be the person I am looking for to satisfy what I came here to do.
That is my pre-Spring points, progress and perspective
Thank you so much for joining. May the Lord God bless and keep you in Jesus Christ. Until Next time!
URBAN GYPZY 