Hi! I'm Austin. I'm a West Coast Swing and ballroom dancer that is learning how to "live a story worth telling," one step at a time. I'm searching for and creating my purpose with my time here on this earth. I aspire to continue pushing myself out of my comfort zone so that I can experience all that life has to offer while collaborating with others.
Austin! So proud of you for overcoming yourself and breaking out of that stagnation to sit down and record this video! Love the whole micro/macro analogy - so relatable. Whichever video you pick to do next - looking forward to watching it. Also, just a random thought that just popped up ... Why not write them all down on individual snippets of paper and doing a raffle? And whichever snippet you pick is the video you will do next? Sending love and light and positive energy your way, you've got this! 🤗✨
I listened to this first thing this morning and it was an inspiration to my day. Thank you! I love that you're exploring what lights you up and the inclusion of moments outdoors as you record adds an element that appeals to me and represents newness & nature. I also enjoyed the mention of a reddit user's wise reminder, and the reference to Sam Harris. What appealed to me most about the reddit reference is that reminder that we're all wise and have something to share that might benefit another. Seeing the every day non famous person referenced in podcasts always lights me up. Anything & alinea go so well together. Looking forward to hearing more of what unfolds on your alphabet adventures! Thank you for the shout-out!
Belated thank you, Ariel! I'm so glad it was an inspiration to you early morning. <3 I've been recording more outdoorsy "episodes" and hope to share some of them soon, even if there's no audio for these latest ones. It's fun re-reading some of your comments so many weeks/months later, because I get to re-live some of the aha's from what people take away (such as we are all wise and have something to share that might benefit another. <3)
Austin, you beautiful soul. I will revisit this video when I have time to watch it fully. Just wanted to come on here and tell you how happy my heart was to see you had posted a new video. I am so ridiculously proud of you, and excited for you, to have gone and done something, anything which manifested into this video. Looking forward to many more of these. Sending you a massive hug. And let's have a call real soon
I'm working on 'B' on the Alphabet Superset! I often get caught in paralysis trying to work out what to do and where to start, so I really relate to this.
This week, I'm picking 'transition.' I've been in the process of changing jobs, and after a successful interview, it looks like I'll be shifting to a new position. I'm about 90 percent sure they've selected me as their new employee, so my focus is on preparing for this exciting career change.
@@ameliaacearmande I can so [obviously] relate! I've done this "do something, anything" type of idea/post multiple times at this point 🤣 sometimes you really do just have to pick something randomly and get moving. Hopefully you've picked - or will pick! - something and are moving forward. 🙏
@@Me2-n3z hoping for the best for you! 🙏 'Transition' is a beautiful choice(: Regardless of what happens, I hope the transitionary stage serves you well!
The way you process things, the way you keep getting in your head and just acknowledging it and moving through it out loud- those are things i need to do sometimes too. Watching you gives me permission to also exist in ways that are natural for me that i tend to push away bc it's not the perfect polished version that i think i have to do for others to get value from. And yet I enjoyed watching every minute of this.
Thank you for your comment. 💜 I'm so glad to hear that my unique/quirky ways of processing things or how I'm showing up is giving you and others more permission to do what's natural and authentic for you. 🙏 It's definitely a process that takes time for me to get more comfortable being myself and not watering myself down (feeling like I need to be polished, in your words). Hope you're well! 💜
I love the intention behind the check in! I love the humour of this. I hear you routines a definitely a fluctuating process for me - an opportunity to alinea 😂
I was reluctant at first (probably because there was so many other things I wanted to do at the festival), but I did enjoy it when I did it after some friends pushed me to try (: It was fun to do, but I also felt like I had to rush and finish so that the other person (the 'base') wouldn't get bored. In hindsight, Acro yogis love doing this, so I'm sure they would have been fine if I sat around up there a bit longer 😂
The way to come out of a stuck lifestyle is to make a change of direction which is suitable and spiritually led and understood. Jesus is the way to a successful livelihood, and also a person Who cares for the distressed. Spiritual ability grows through the actions of the heart.
What I loved most about the video was hearing the unedited energy shifts throughout. From percolation to clarity. I liked the clear "you" statements at the end. Thank you for this video. I wasn't looking at the screen so just listening to the audio was relaxing. Hearing you share aloud made me feel less alone in the ways I think, and the ways I process and experience life. I resonate with a lot of what you say and have similar experiences around focus, sensitivity & willpower. My toolbox for self mastery is forever a work in progress 🤣 Some seasons are a magical flow and I've learned to be okay with season zero. There is a lot of alinea magic within season zero. When I give voice to and make space for my passions even when they make sense to nobody else, I thrive. When I don't, I'm like a walking zombie and a shell of myself. What I'm taking away for myself: what belongs in my backpack, on my desk, on a distant shelf as I intentionally focus on a new season of life? I look forward to listening to more solo cast episodes. 🤗
I loved reading your reflections and takeaways, and I really appreciate your feedback on what you enjoyed out of this video. I'm sensing more videos like this will make their way as a format of future podcast episodes. "When I give voice to and make space for my passions even when they make sense to nobody else, I thrive." 🔥 I love that.
I love the reminder to honour the stage I'm at. Space creation is the most important thing to me right now - allowing myself more time to play and just exist without rushing to the next "goal" and being okay with the in-between and in progress phases.
Hearing your awareness reflections and intentions to tell a new/better story about this reminds me to shed some light on my own alinea opportunities. Thank you for sharing your process aloud.
Thanks for sharing your process aloud! There is great value in giving voice to the moments of re-evaluating whether or not to move forward. Looking forward to hearing how batching and buffering go for you! The freedom of having a day off as needed by being a day ahead sounds healthy. I've found that I do really well with batching in general. Themed days can be fun. I appreciate your videos & want to selfishly see 30 episodes 🤪 Alinea...
Austin, this is a powerful perspective. I'm reflecting on this for myself. I know that for me "I don't know" is sometimes a phrase I use when I think the person asking the question won't understand my answer, and when I know, but the answer is a sacred inside voice answer that I don't want to share with anyone, or I know the answer but I'm scared to say it aloud because I don't yet believe it's possible. I also sometimes say things like "I'm not interested in that" for these same reasons. I'd like to become more comfortable with not knowing and find peace in my current state. Thank you for sharing your process. I'm curious to hear if "I don't know yet" or "I'm still exploring and collecting data" feels different to you.
I'm learning there are so many different "flavors" of "I don't know" - and you highlighted some that I hadn't considered for (e.g., "scared to say it out loud", "I think the person won't understand my answer", and that the answer is 'sacred' for you). I like the suggestion of using "yet" and "I'm still exploring" instead of / in addition to "I don't know" 😊
Thanks for sharing your process aloud! I loved the lofi beats in your video. It was interesting to hear you reflect on your exploration with sound and music as you focus. I resonate with that exploration. For me sound and music tolerances depend on my day and emotional state. Sometimes I need to be listening to music while listening to a lecture in order to get in the zone. Then after a few minutes, I can turn of the music and be singularly present. Some days no music is needed. Some days healing/revolution music is needed. Congrats on staying in the lane for your data collection journey!
That's a great point about sound/music depending on your tolerance levels and emotional state. I do know that music for sure can be an amplifier, but in other states it can amplify the 'wrong' emotions (e.g., feeling anxious)! That's awesome how you use music as a jump-start to getting into your zone (:
